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

• stubborned
• stubborner
• stubbornest
• stubborning
• stubbornly
• stubbornness
• stubbornnesses
• stubborns
• stubby
• stub-nail
• stubs
• STUC
• stucco
• stucco'd
• stuccoed
• suburbias
• suburbicarian
• suburbs
• subursine
• subvarieties
• subvariety
• subvassal
• subvassals
• subvention
• subventionary