Usually means: Reducing tension or danger effectively.
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  1. defusing: Merriam-Webster
  2. defusing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. defusing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Defusing, defusing: Wordnik
  5. defusing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. defusing: Wiktionary
  7. defusing: Dictionary.com
  8. defusing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. defusing: Rhymezone
  10. defusing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. defusing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. defusing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. defusing: Encyclopedia

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noun:  the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)


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