entschärfen

I v/t

1. (Sprengkörper) defuse, disarm, make (oder render) safe; (Munition) deactivate

2. fig. (Lage etc.) defuse, ease, take (some of) the tension out of; (Kritik etc.) tone down, soften, make more conciliatory; (Buch etc.) tone (oder water) down; (Obszönes etc. herausnehmen) remove offensive material from, bowdlerize

II v/refl Lage etc.: ease, lose its tension

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to defuse

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ent|schạ̈r|fen [Ent'ʃɛrfn] ptp entschä\#rft

vt

1) Bombe etc to defuse, to deactivate

2) (fig) Kurve to straighten out; Krise, Lage to defuse; Argument to neutralize; Buch, Film to tone down

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1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) defuse

2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) defuse

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vt

▪ etw \entschärfen

1. (den Zünder entfernen) to defuse sth

2. (weniger kritisch machen) to defuse sth; (weniger anstößig machen) to tone sth down sep

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transitives Verb

1) defuse, deactivate <bomb etc.>

2) (fig.) defuse <situation>; tone down <discussion, criticism>

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entschärfen

A. v/t

1. (Sprengkörper) defuse, disarm, make (oder render) safe; (Munition) deactivate

2. fig (Lage etc) defuse, ease, take (some of) the tension out of; (Kritik etc) tone down, soften, make more conciliatory; (Buch etc) tone (oder water) down; (Obszönes etc herausnehmen) remove offensive material from, bowdlerize

B. v/r Lage etc: ease, lose its tension

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transitives Verb

1) defuse, deactivate <bomb etc.>

2) (fig.) defuse <situation>; tone down <discussion, criticism>

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(Bombe) v.

to deactivate v. v.

to disarm v.