defuse

language: id

definitions

  1. verb
    to remove the fuse from a bomb or to reduce the tension of a situation
    id: meledakkan bom; meredakan ketegangan
  2. verb
    to make less threatening or to calm down
    id: membuat kurang mengancam; menenangkan

examples

  1. The police defused the bomb.

    Polisi meledakkan bom.

  2. He managed to defuse the argument.

    Dia berhasil menenangkan perdebatan.