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

• tendency
• tendential
• tendentious
• tendentiously
• tendentiousness
• tendentiousnesses
• tendenz
• tendenzen
• tender
• tender-dying
• tendered
• tenderer
• tenderers
• tenderest
• tenderfeet
• tenderfoot
• tenderfoots
• tender-hearted
• tender-heartedly
• tender-heartedness
• tender-hefted
• tendering
• tenderings
• tenderise
• tenderised