Defuse and Face

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Defuse verb - Remove the triggering device from.

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Face and defuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Face" instead a verb "Defuse".

Nearby Word: defusing

Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.

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Defuse and face are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defuse" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

group	defuse group	face group
situation	defuse situation	face situation
battle	defuse battle	face battle
threat	defuse threat	face threat
Other words: threats, opponents, fears.

Ralph manages to defuse the situation, but even the look on his face shows that he's scared shitless.

Source: Series / The Greatest American Hero
Batman uses items from it to defuse one of Two-Face's bombs, and does a mental run-through of its items in boredom while he's waiting for Two-Face to make his move on Gotham's Twin Towers.

Source: Comic Book / Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
He faked having failed to defuse the bomb and lost a limb from the resulting explosion to garner sympathy because he couldn't bear to face the families of the real victims.

Source: Artificial Limbs

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