🧯defuse

Meaning

To make a situation less dangerous, tense, or explosive; to remove a fuse from a bomb.

Example Sentences

The negotiator helped defuse the tense situation.

Example Expressions

defuse a situation

Synonyms

disarm, ease, calm, neutralize

Antonyms

ignite, provoke, inflame

Collocations

defuse a bomb, defuse a crisis, defuse tension