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Sentence example with the word 'defuse'
defuse
allay, appease, calm, conciliate, cool, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize
Definition
v.
remove the triggering device from
Last update: August 8, 2015
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The crisis was
defuse
d as soon as the leader came up with a solution.
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The police squad came to
defuse
the bomb.
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Fourth, a weaker dollar might
defuse
global trade tensions.
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What 's needed is a genuine spirit of co-operation, we need to
defuse
this increasingly acrimonious situation.
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I was trained to
defuse
desperate situations, not sit around and be blind to their development.
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- defuse -
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