defuse

Meaning of defuse

verb
  1. 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:

deactivate

Meaning remove the fuse from (a bomb), making it safe:

disarm

Meaning put out of action:

disable

defuse antonyms

Meaning make (something) active or operative:

activate

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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