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"(transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.)."
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "désamorcer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "entschärfen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozładowywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozładować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "apaziguar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "acalmar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "dezamorsa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "apaciguar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "calmar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Bomb disposal"
],
"word": "defuse"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/uːz",
"Rhymes:English/uːz/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Compare diffuse.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "defuses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "defusing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "defused",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "defused",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "defuse (third-person singular simple present defuses, present participle defusing, simple past and past participle defused)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To disorder; to make shapeless."
],
"links": [
[
"disorder",
"disorder"
],
[
"shapeless",
"shapeless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈfjuːz/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
},
{
"homophone": "diffuse"
}
],
"word": "defuse"
}
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