DEFUSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they defuse ... he / she / it defuses

Past simple: defused

Past participle: defused

-ing form: defusing

Meaning:

Remove the triggering device from

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "defuse" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

fuse (equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse)

Derivation:

defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))