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Meanings of defusing in English

Portuguese
desativação
Catalan
desencebament

The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

      desativação
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      Examples for "deactivation"
      Examples for "deactivation"
      1
      The deactivation policy stated that each city had a minimum average rating.
      Radio NZ
      2
      In both tasks, greater bilateral AG deactivation was associated with poorer performance.
      Pubmed
      3
      One of the cheapest things automakers can do is adopt cylinder deactivation.
      Wired
      4
      However, the I hERG deactivation rate was significantly slower for hERG T .
      Pubmed
      5
      At both time points, deactivation was similar in preHD and controls.
      Pubmed
      Usage of defusing in English
      1
      Police stepped aside on Tuesday and allowed them in, defusing the confrontation.
      Reuters
      2
      The US has been critical in defusing previous crises in the past.
      The Guardian
      3
      It was a little like I imagined defusing a bomb would be.
      Mob rules
      4
      McQueen's face tightened, but he waved a hand in a tension-defusing gesture.
      Ashes Of Victory
      5
      Yingluck called the election this month in the hope of defusing the crisis.
      Reuters
      6
      Some bots have been defusing bombs for years, but none have seen combat.
      Wired
      7
      Prokhorov said it was unclear whether Putin was capable of defusing growing discontent.
      Reuters
      8
      Chertoff and Ashcroft succeeded in defusing any congressional effort to regulate military commissions.
      War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
      9
      This is exactly the kind of thing I am supposed to be defusing!
      Catching Fire
      10
      Mr Pyatt said the immediate international efforts will be concentrated on defusing the situation.
      BBC
      11
      Analysis: For the Government, tackling the childcare problem is akin to defusing a bomb.
      The Irish Times
      12
      Lynch said he had his own way of defusing confrontations.
      The Guardian
      13
      The last mission I played had me defusing bombs by slicing the correct wire.
      Wired
      14
      I already knew EOD specialists were experts in defusing and exploding bombs and mines.
      The President's Assassin
      15
      After three years of dealing with Castro, Alekseev was accustomed to defusing his anger.
      One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
      16
      One way of defusing misunderstanding is to include cues as to your emotional state.
      The Online World
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      Translations for defusing
      Portuguese
      desativação
      Defusing through the time
      Defusing across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common