"defuse" in German to defuse etw. entschärfen etw. entspannen Detailed translations for "defuse" to defuse to defuse(also: to soften, to ease sth., to take some of the tension out of sth., to tone down) etw. entschärfen to defuse(also: to ease sth., to take some of the tension out of sth.) etw. entspannen{transitive verb}