defused

/D IH0 F Y UW1 Z D/
verb
  1. 1

    To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).

  2. 2

    To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

    โ€œto defuse a hostage situationโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To disorder; to make shapeless.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defuse, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defused