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

• cogitation
• cogitations
• cogitative
• cogitator
• cogitators
• cogito, ergo sum
• Cognac
• Cognacs
• cognate
• cognately
• cognateness
• cognatenesses
• cognate object
• cognate objects
• cognates
• cognatic succession
• cognation
• cognations
• cognisable
• cognisably
• cognisance
• cognisances
• cognisant
• cognise
• cognised