See defusal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈfjuzəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːzəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "sense 1",
"word": "bomb disposal"
},
{
"word": "defusing"
},
{
"word": "deactivation"
},
{
"word": "disarming"
},
{
"sense": "sense 2",
"word": "de-escalation"
},
{
"word": "calming"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ibṭāl mafʿūl",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"word": "إبطال مفعول"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"roman": "chāidàn",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"word": "拆弹"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"roman": "páibào",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"word": "排爆"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "désamorçage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entschärfung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disinnesco"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "bakudan kaijo",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"word": "爆弾解除"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desativação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "obezvréživanije",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обезвре́живание"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "act or process of making safe an explosive device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desactivación"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "tahdi'a",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"word": "تهدئة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "khafḍ at-taṣʿīd",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"word": "خفض التصعيد"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"roman": "huǎnhé",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"word": "缓和"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "désamorçage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Entschärfung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Deeskalation"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distensione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kinchō kanwa",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"word": "緊張緩和"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distensão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "razrjádka",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "разря́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "deeskalácija",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "деэскала́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desescalada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "act or process of de-escalating a tense situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "distensión"
}
],
"word": "defusal"
}
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