defuse

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• /diːˈfjuːz/
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• rhymes with -uːz
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• /dɪˈfjuːz/
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• homophone: diffuse
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F Y UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fuse English defuse From de- + fuse.

Compare diffuse.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: zərərsizləşdirmək — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Basque: indar-gabetu — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Chinese Mandarin: 拆除(引信) — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Czech: zneškodnit — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Czech: zneškodňovat — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Danish: demontere — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Dutch: ontmantelen — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Dutch: onschadelijk maken — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Dutch: ontmijnen — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Finnish: purkaa — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Finnish: tehdä vaarattomaksi — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• French: désamorcer — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• German: entschärfen — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Hungarian: hatástalanít — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Italian: disinnescare — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Luxembourgish: entschäerfen — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Polish: rozbrajać — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Polish: rozbroić — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Portuguese: desarmar — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Romanian: dezamorsa — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Russian: размини́ровать (razminírovatʹ) — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Russian: размини́ровано (razminírovano) — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Spanish: desactivar — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Ukrainian: знешко́дити (zneškódyty) — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Ukrainian: знешко́джувати (zneškódžuvaty) — to remove the fuse from a bomb
• Basque: baretu — to make something less dangerous
• Basque: lasaitu — to make something less dangerous
• Dutch: de angel halen uit — to make something less dangerous
• Dutch: ontmijnen — to make something less dangerous
• Finnish: laukaista — to make something less dangerous
• Finnish: purkaa jännitys — to make something less dangerous
• French: désamorcer — to make something less dangerous
• German: entschärfen — to make something less dangerous
• Polish: rozładowywać — to make something less dangerous
• Polish: rozładować — to make something less dangerous
• Portuguese: apaziguar — to make something less dangerous
• Portuguese: acalmar — to make something less dangerous
• Romanian: dezamorsa — to make something less dangerous
• Spanish: apaciguar — to make something less dangerous
• Spanish: calmar — to make something less dangerous