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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

defusing

/(dē̇*fūz"ĭng)/ · IPA /dɪfjˈuːzɪŋ/
01 n. The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb).
  1. 1.
    The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb).
Syn. deactivation.