defuse (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *defuse*:
VERB	competition	defuse	remove the triggering device from

defuse > pronunciation
Sounds	dihfyuw'z
Rhymes	abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz...

English > *defuse*: 1 sense > verb 1, competition
Meaning	Remove the triggering device from.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	remove, take, take away, withdraw	Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Opposite	fuse	equip with a fuse / fuse
Spanish	desactivar
Catalan	desactivar
Nouns	defusing	the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

HyperDic: defuse