Definition for Defuse:

• To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police.

Synonyms for Defuse:

• n.

  •
  • comfort,
  • reassure.
  •
  • armament,
  • armed,
  • armorer,
  • deploy,
  • draw,
  • duel.

• v.

  •disarm; smooth over (verb)
  • alleviate,
  • cripple,
  • deactivate,
  • demilitarize,
  • diminish,
  • disable,
  • lessen,
  • moderate,
  • mollify,
  • pacify,
  • pad,
  • restrain,
  • soften,
  • soothe,
  • subdue,
  • weaken.
  •pacify (verb)
  • allay,
  • appease,
  • assuage,
  • calm,
  • compose,
  • conciliate,
  • cool,
  • ease,
  • ebb,
  • hush,
  • lull,
  • moderate,
  • mollify,
  • pacify,
  • placate,
  • quell,
  • quiet,
  • reconcile,
  • relieve,
  • smooth,
  • soften,
  • soothe,
  • stabilize,
  • tranquilize.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • armorer,
  • reassure,
  • sheathe,
  • subdue.
  •
  • armament,
  • comfort,
  • deploy,
  • duel,
  • prime.
  •
  • armed,
  • explosion.
  •
  • loose.
  •
  • draw,
  • shoot.
  •
  • plant.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abate,
  • accept,
  • admit,
  • adopt,
  • alleviate,
  • armament,
  • armed,
  • armorer,
  • bear,
  • blunt,
  • borrow,
  • break,
  • carry,
  • catch,
  • comfort,
  • counteract,
  • counterbalance,
  • cripple,
  • cushion,
  • deactivate,
  • decrease,
  • defusing,
  • demilitarize,
  • deploy,
  • diminish,
  • disable,
  • disarm,
  • dismantle,
  • draw,
  • duel,
  • dulcify,
  • dull,
  • end,
  • expel,
  • explosion,
  • get,
  • hold,
  • interrupt,
  • lay,
  • lessen,
  • loose,
  • mitigate,
  • neutralize,
  • obtain,
  • oust,
  • pad,
  • plant,
  • prime,
  • propitiate,
  • pull,
  • reassure,
  • receive,
  • reduce,
  • relax,
  • remit,
  • remove,
  • restrain,
  • retire,
  • retract,
  • sheathe,
  • shoot,
  • slacken,
  • smooth over,
  • strip down,
  • subdue,
  • take,
  • temper,
  • tranquillise,
  • weaken,
  • withdraw,
  • let-off,
  • smooth down,
  • make safe.

Antonyms for Defuse:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    activate, aggravate, arm, escalate, exacerbate, heighten, inflame, intensify, magnify, worsen, make worse.

• v.

  • competition
    fuse.
  • disarm; smooth over
    agitate, aid, assist, enable, free, help, incite, increase, irritate, liberate, release, strengthen, trouble, upset, worry.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    fuse.