Новый большой англо-русский словарь - defuse
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defuse
1. снимать взрыватель (бомбы) 2. разрядить (взрывоопасную обстановку); снять остроту (положения) 3. сглаживать, приглушать, умерять; спускать на тормозах to defuse tension —- смягчать (снять) напряжение to defuse a crisis —- разрядить кризисную обстановку 4. затмевать he defuses every other talent on stage —- при нем все другие актеры на сцене меркнут
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1.
v.tr. 1 remove the fuse from (an explosive device). 2 reduce the tension or potential danger in (a crisis, difficulty, etc.). DEFY v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 resist openly; refuse to obey. 2 (of a thing) present insuperable obstacles to (defies solution). 3 (foll. by to + infin.) challenge (a person) to do or prove something. 4 archaic challenge to combat. Etymology: ME f. OF defier f. Rmc (as DIS-, L fidus faithful) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
transitive verb Date: 1943 1. to remove the fuse from (as a mine or bomb) 2. to make less harmful, potent, or tense ~ the crisis ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
(defuses, defusing, defused) 1. If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. The organization helped defuse potentially violent situations... VERB: V n 2. If someone defuses a bomb, they remove the fuse so that it cannot explode. Police have defused a bomb found in a building in London. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 to improve a difficult or dangerous situation, for example by making people less angry or by dealing with the causes of a problem (We believe that greater economic stability might defuse the current crisis. | defuse tension/anger/fears etc) (In an attempt to defuse the tension, Rob put some music on.) 2 to remove the fuse1 (2) from a bomb in order to stop it exploding ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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