defuze
verbEtymology From de- + fuze.
- The column then moved across the bridge to take a tiny lodgment and defuze the bridge demolitions.2004, The Journal of Military History, Volume 68, Issue 2, Virginia Military Institute and the George C. Marshall Foundation, page 521:
- Traveling (including crossing borders, sometimes illegally, as in Greece and Thailand) results in casualties, as does tampering either to defuze ordnance or because of curiosity, particularly among children and young adults.2009, Landmine Monitor Report, Human Rights Watch, page 58:
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- When the first bombs fell on the British mainland in 1940 the Army knew, in John's words, 'sweet damn all' about how to defuze them.2018, Pat Strickson, Time Stood Still In A Muddy Hole, Brown Dog Books: