<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Definition:</strong><ul><li>(used with object) to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.).</li><li>to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing: to defuse a potentially ugly situation.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Additional Definition:</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to grow less dangerous; weaken.</li></ul>