defuze

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English fuze

English defuze

From de- + fuze.

Verb

defuze (third-person singular simple present defuzes, present participle defuzing, simple past and past participle defuzed)

1. (US) Uncommon spelling of defuse.
   • 2004, The Journal of Military History, Volume 68, Issue 2, Virginia Military Institute and the George C. Marshall Foundation, page 521:

     The column then moved across the bridge to take a tiny lodgment and defuze the bridge demolitions.

   • 2009, Landmine Monitor Report, Human Rights Watch, page 58:

     Traveling (including crossing borders, sometimes illegally, as in Greece and Thailand) results in casualties, as does tampering either to defuze ordnance or because of curiosity, particularly among children and young adults.

   • 2018, Pat Strickson, Time Stood Still In A Muddy Hole, Brown Dog Books:

     When the first bombs fell on the British mainland in 1940 the Army knew, in John's words, 'sweet damn all' about how to defuze them.

References

• “defuze”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “defuze”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.