Defuse
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Unusually for this trope, Jake eventually learns that Jack uses the humor to defuse tense situations, a handy tool for Emergency Services who rescue people who might begin panicking and put themselves and others in more danger.
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Stanley Goodspeed, is an FBI scientist who, along with a former Alcatraz inmate John Mason (played by Sean Connery) must infiltrate Alcatraz to defeat a group of rogue Marines, defuse missiles loaded with VX gas, and rescue the hostages.
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So you rescue her and offer to bring her to Darum to defuse the whole situation.
Source: Cutscene Incompetence
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