defuse¹ or (esp US) defuze /dē-fūzˈ/

1. To remove the fuse of (a bomb, etc), so making it harmless
2. To lessen the tension or danger in

defuse² /di-fūzˈ/ (Shakespeare)

To disorder

defūs'dˈ adjective

• thistle butterfly
• thistledown
• thistledowns
• thistles
• thistlier
• thistliest
• thistly
• thither
• thitherward
• thitherwards
• thivel
• thivels
• thixotrope
• thixotropes
• thixotropic
• thixotropies
• thixotropy
• thlipses
• thlipsis
• tho
• tho'
• thoft
• thofts
• thole
• tholed