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

• denigrate
• denigrated
• denigrates
• denigrating
• denigration
• denigrations
• denigrator
• denigrators
• denim
• denims
• denitrate
• denitrated
• denitrates
• denitrating
• denitration
• denitrations
• denitrification
• denitrificator
• denitrificators
• denitrified
• denitrifies
• denitrify
• denitrifying
• denization
• denizations