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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
defuse .
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Examples
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“Affectionate” users of the n-word claim that the manner in which they use the term defuses any of the heinous roots attached to the word.
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Google has said that it periodically screens for potential Googlebombs and "defuses" them.
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Google has said that it periodically screens for potential Googlebombs and "defuses" them.
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Google has said that it periodically screens for potential Googlebombs and "defuses" them.
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Florida bomb squad 'defuses' a box of kittens A FLORIDA police bomb squad called out to deal with a suspicious package - a cardboard box wrapped with duct tape - scanned it with X-ray equipment before opening it up to reveal two ginger kittens.
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This is good philosophical ground for Obama to be on, and it defuses the debate before it even begins.
Chris Weigant: Obama's New Ideas Chris Weigant 2011
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Conceivably, that could break Khamenei's will to press on with the nuclear programme, and produce a compromise deal that defuses the threat of conflict.
Alleged Iran plot could have been trigger for war in Middle East 2011
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It gets past the "I don't know what to say" problem and the "I don't understand what you want" problem, and defuses teen self-consciousness with laughter.
Hive Mind alert! kateelliott 2009
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This is good philosophical ground for Obama to be on, and it defuses the debate before it even begins.
Chris Weigant: Obama's New Ideas Chris Weigant 2011
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This is good philosophical ground for Obama to be on, and it defuses the debate before it even begins.
Chris Weigant: Obama's New Ideas Chris Weigant 2011
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