Defuse and Increase

Opposite meaning words

sentence examples collocations

Defuse

Defuse verb - Remove the triggering device from.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Defuse
Antonyms for Defuse
Increase is an antonym for defuse in disarm topic.
Nearby Word: defusing

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Increase
Antonyms for Increase
Defuse is an antonym for increase.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental
Similar words of defuse

Similar words of increase

Common collocations

power defuse power increase power
level defuse level increase level
tension defuse tension increase tension

Both words in one sentence

  • Timed Mission There's also the mission where Bond must defuse a bomb on which the timer gets shorter the higher the difficulty you are playing on all the while saving every hostage along the way (which also increase in number the higher the difficulty).
    Source: Timed Mission
Cite this Source
Increase and Defuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defuse/increase
Defuse & Increase. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defuse/increase>.
Increase or Defuse. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defuse/increase.

Antonyms for defuse


Antonyms for increase

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "defuse" and "increase" have occurred on timeline