defuse

🇺🇸 /diːˈfjuːz/ 🇬🇧 /diːˈfjuːz/
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verb
R

To calm a tense situation or to make someone less upset.

She told a joke to defuse the tension in the room.

彼女は部屋の緊張を和らげるために冗談を言った。

R

To remove the fuse from a bomb so it won't explode.

Experts were called to defuse the unexploded device safely.

未爆発の装置を安全に解除するために専門家が呼び出されました。

translation

v. 解除

語形変化

3rd Present defuses
Past defused
Perfect defused
Progressive defusing