defuze

verb

1. (US, alt-of, uncommon)Uncommon spelling of defuse.

   “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.”