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How to pronounce “defuse”
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Pronunciation guide for defuse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of defuse with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Creating Successful Female Leaders
What we need to do is learn to actually defuse from it.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
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How to pronounce defuse
Creating Successful Female Leaders

What we need to do is learn to actually defuse from it.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “defuse”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
- (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
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