Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defuze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fuze
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Uncommon spelling of defuse.

American usage

Example Sentences

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

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.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

defuzes (present, singular) defuzing (participle, present) defuzed (participle, past) defuzed (past)

Questions

What does defuze mean?: Uncommon spelling of defuse.
Where does defuze come from?: 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.

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