verb🔗ShareTo remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.)."The bomb squad carefully defused the suspicious package. "militarytechnicalweaponactiondeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make less dangerous, tense, or hostile."to defuse a hostage situation"actionsituationcommunicationpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo disorder; to make shapeless."The wind defused her carefully arranged hairstyle as she walked to school. "disasteractionpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
