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1 defuse -- rank: 1000

defuse definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: remove the ... or bomb) 2. to make less harmful, potent, or tense < defuse the crisis > Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 remove the ... danger in (a crisis, difficulty, etc.). Webster's 1913 Dictionary Defuse De*fuse", v. t. [Cf. Diffuse.] To disorder; to make ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (defuses, defusing, defused) 1. If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. The organization helped defuse potentially violent situations... VERB: V n 2. If someone defuses ...

2 Tonghak Uprising -- rank: 223

... and Japan clashed. The rebels laid down their arms to defuse tensions, but the Sino-Japanese War ensued nevertheless. The leaders ...

3 Tranquilize -- rank: 223

... calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out ...

4 Tunisia -- rank: 223

... stance in its foreign relations. Domestically, it has sought to defuse rising pressure for a more open political society. Location total ...

5 Propitiate -- rank: 223

... assuage, atone, atone for, calm, compensate, conciliate, conform, content, cool, defuse, dulcify, expiate, give satisfaction, immolate before, intercede, lay, lay the ...

6 Placate -- rank: 223

... pacify. Moby Thesaurus allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, pour balm on ...

7 Pacify -- rank: 223

... calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out ...

8 Lay -- rank: 223

... damp, dampen, de-emphasize, dead reckoning, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, demand, deposit, descant, diapason, diddle, diminish, direction, direction line, dirge ...

9 Mollify -- rank: 223

... compose, conciliate, cool, cradle, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, decrease, defuse, diminish, dulcify, dull, ease, ease matters, even out, fluff, foment ...

10 Moderate -- rank: 223

... curb, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, decelerate, decent, decrease, defuse, delay, deliberate, detain, diminish, direct, discipline, discreet, downplay, draw rein ...

11 Fuse -- rank: 223

... 3: equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: defuse] 4: make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused ...

12 Dustmen -- rank: 223

... pl. Dustmen. One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. --Gay.

13 dustman -- rank: 223

... pl. Dustmen. One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. --Gay. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (dustmen) A dustman is a ...

14 Allay -- rank: 223

... cram, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, deliver, diminish, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, downplay, dulcify, dull, ease, ease ...

15 Dulcify -- rank: 223

... allay, appease, calm, calm down, candy, compose, conciliate, cool, cradle, defuse, ease, edulcorate, even out, gentle, glaze, honey, hush, lay, lay ...