defuse

1. V-T If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. 緩和

Police administrators credited the organization with helping defuse potentially violent situations. 警方贊揚(yáng)該組織幫助緩和潛在的暴力情勢(shì)。

2. V-T If someone defuses a bomb, they remove the fuse so that it cannot explode. 拆除…的引信

Police have defused a bomb found in a downtown building. 警察已拆除了在市中心一幢大樓里發(fā)現(xiàn)的一枚炸彈的引信。