Synonyms for defused
de·fused

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1. List of paraphrases for "defused":

   neutralized, disarmed

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1. Detlef Jaab:

   The older they are, the more dangerous they become, it's a dangerous job but there's a lot of variety and freedom to make decisions, whether a bomb can be defused or is too deteriorated and has to be detonated where it's found.

2. Stephane Ekolo:

   Markets are trading north courtesy of the Biden-Xi virtual summit which seems to have somewhat defused U.S.-China tensions, market participants view such a summit as a positive effort to stabilise a tense relationship, fuelling risk-on mode appetite.

3. Jim Phillips:

   In both cases, the administration underestimated the willingness and capacity of a hostile dictatorship to violate an arms control agreement after international pressure was defused by the signing of the agreement.

4. Imran Khan:

   I know last night there was a threat there could a missile attack on Pakistan, which got defused, i know, our army stood prepared for retaliation of that attack.

5. Edward Berthelot/GC Images:

   I went out on call with a sergeant. We got a call of a man outside his house with a rifle that was distraught. We pulled up and did a U-turn past the house and came up short of the house. He told me to sit in the car, which I was gonna do. I wasn’t getting out, he got out. As he got out, another car came screaming up and two young people jumped out screaming. As it turned out, it was their grandfather. This policeman defused the entire situation by just remaining calm.