Significado de defuse en español

• 0 to prevent a bomb from exploding

  • Bomb disposal experts have defused a 110-pound bomb at a subway station this afternoon.

• 1 to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause

  • The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse the crisis/situation/tension.

• 2 to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc)

  • A bomb disposal expert was called in to defuse the bomb.

• 3 to make harmless or less dangerous

  • He succeeded in defusing the situation.