defusing

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

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

  2. 2

    To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

    “to defuse a hostage situation”

verb
  1. 1

    To disorder; to make shapeless.

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