Defused Meaning in English

word · lemma: defuse

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التعريف

'Defused' means having safely removed the danger from something explosive, like a bomb, or making a tense or dangerous situation calmer and less likely to cause harm.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Often used about bombs (literal), but also in social contexts ('defused the tension'). Used in the passive ('the bomb was defused'). Don't confuse with 'diffused' (spread out).

• Spanish: desactivado - desarmado (bomba) - calmado (situación)
• Portuguese (BR): desarmado - desativado (bomba) - acalmado (situação)
• Portuguese (PT): desarmado - desativado (bomba) - acalmado (situação)
• Chinese (Simplified): 拆除（炸弹） - 缓和（局势）
• Chinese (Traditional): 拆除（炸彈） - 緩和（局勢）
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय किया - शांत किया (स्थिति)
• Arabic: تم إبطال مفعولها (قنبلة) - تم تهدئة (الوضع)
• Bengali: নিষ্ক্রিয় করা - উত্তেজনা প্রশমিত করা
• Russian: обезврежен - разряжен (обстановка)
• Japanese: 解除された
• Vietnamese: được tháo ngòi nổ - xoa dịu (tình huống)
• Korean: 해체된 - 완화된 (상황)
• Turkish: etkisiz hale getirilmiş - yatıştırılmış (durum)
• Urdu: ناکارہ بنا دیا گیا - کشیدگی کم کر دی گئی
• Indonesian: dinonaktifkan - diredakan (situasi)

جمل نموذجية

The police defused the bomb before it exploded.

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He defused the situation with a joke.

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The threat was quickly defused by the negotiator.

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Tensions in the meeting were defused when someone brought coffee.

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Thanks to her calm approach, the argument was defused before it got worse.

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By the time the team arrived, the device had already been defused.

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