defuse
Meaning of defuse
verb
- remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding.
explosives specialists tried to defuse the grenade
Information about defuse
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of defuse is: defuses.
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Hyphenation of defuse
defuse
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- defuse is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
defuse synonyms
Meaning make (something) inactive by disconnecting or destroying it:
Meaning remove the fuse from (a bomb), making it safe:
Meaning put out of action:
defuse antonyms
Meaning make (something) active or operative:
Words that rhyme with defuse
fuse, prerefuse, refuse, affuse, diffuse, effuse, interdiffuse, nondiffuse, overdiffuse, rediffuse, suffuse, humifuse, perifuse, circumfuse, confuse, infuse, preconfuse, reconfuse, reinfuse, superinfuse, unconfuse, electrofuse, profuse, unprofuse, interfuse, perfuse, superfuse, surfuse, viviperfuse, cotransfuse, retransfuse, transfuse
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