See defuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zneškodnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zneškodňovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "demontere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "ontmantelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "onschadelijk maken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "purkaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "tehdä vaarattomaksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "désamorcer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "entschärfen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "hatástalanít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "disinnescare"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "entschäerfen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozbrajać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozbroić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "desarmar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "dezamorsa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razminírovatʹ",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "размини́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razminírovano",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "размини́ровано"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"word": "desactivar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zneškódyty",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "знешко́дити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zneškódžuvaty",
"sense": "to remove the fuse from a bomb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "знешко́джувати"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "baretu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "lasaitu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "de angel halen uit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "laukaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something less dangerous",
"word": "purkaa jännitys"
},
{
"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"
}
],
"word": "defuse"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"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"
]
}
],
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{
"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",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], line 2:",
"text": "If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse,",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"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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