tehdä vaarattomaksi — meaning in English

English meaning

• defuse verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
• disarm verb To take weapons away from someone.

Senses

tehdä vaarattomaksi is used for these senses in English:

• defuse (transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
• disarm (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.

defuse — full definition

1. verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
2. verb To make a tense or dangerous situation calmer.

disarm — full definition

1. verb To take weapons away from someone.
2. verb To reduce a country's military weapons and forces.
3. verb To win someone's trust or ease their hostility, often with charm.

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