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defusing

verb

Meaning

  1. To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
  2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
  3. To disorder; to make shapeless.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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