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

• self-produced
• self-professed
• self-profit
• self-profits
• self-propagating
• self-propagation
• self-propelled
• self-propelling
• self-propulsion
• self-protecting
• self-protection
• self-protective
• self-pruning
• self-publicist
• self-publicists
• self-publicities
• self-publicity
• self-punishment
• self-punishments
• self-questioning
• self-raised
• self-raising
• self-realisation
• self-realization
• self-recording