All defuse synonyms
de·fuse
D d verb defuse
- deactivate — If someone deactivates an explosive device or an alarm, they make it harmless or impossible to operate.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- lessen — to become less.
- alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- cripple — A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- disable — make not work
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- rescue — to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- recover — to cover again or anew.
- cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.