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

• cathetometer
• cathetometers
• cathetus
• cathetuses
• cathexes
• cathexis
• cathinone
• cathinones
• cathisma
• cathismas
• cathodal
• cathode
• cathode-ray oscillograph
• cathode-ray oscillographs
• cathode rays
• cathode-ray tube
• cathode-ray tubes
• cathodes
• cathodic
• cathodic protection
• cathodograph
• cathodographer
• cathodographers
• cathodographies
• cathodographs