Third person singular present tense of defuze; removes fuzes from explosives or reduces tension in situations.
From 'defuze' plus the third person singular suffix '-s,' used in modern English when the subject is he, she, it, or a singular noun.
The -s suffix for third person singular is one of the few inflections that survive in modern English—most other verb conjugations have disappeared, making English one of the least inflected major languages.
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