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defuse

How many syllables in defuse?

  2 syllables

Divide defuse into syllables:   de-fuse
Stressed syllable in defuse:   de-fuse
How to pronounce defuse:   dee-fyooz
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Synonyms for defuse


1 syllable
  • calm
  • save
  • cool
  • soothe
2 syllables
  • disarm
  • rescue
  • smooth out
  • placate
  • resolve
3 syllables
  • mollify
  • recover
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What rhymes with defuse

1 syllable
  • blues
  • booze
  • brewst
  • chews
  • chuse
  • clues
  • crews
  • cruse
  • cues
  • do's
  • druze
  • ewes
  • fuse
  • goos
  • hewt
  • Hughes
  • jews
  • lose
  • mews
  • muse
  • oohs
  • pews
  • ques
  • roose
  • schmooze
  • shoes
  • skews
  • sous
  • stews
  • strewth
  • tews
  • twos
  • use
  • who's
  • whose
  • youse
  • zoos
  • boos
  • brews
  • bruise
  • choose
  • clews
  • coups
  • cruise
  • Cruz
  • dews
  • druse
  • dues
  • flus
  • glues
  • hews
  • hues
  • huse
  • Loos
  • Meuse
  • moos
  • news
  • ooze
  • Q's
  • queues
  • ruse
  • screws
  • shrews
  • snooze
  • spews
  • strews
  • sues
  • two's
  • U's
  • views
  • who've
  • woos
  • zoo's
2 syllables
  • abuse
  • accuse
  • Andrews
  • bemuse
  • canoes
  • charmeuse
  • chewstick
  • confuse
  • danseuse
  • diseuse
  • effuse
  • enthuse
  • excuse
  • incuse
  • masseuse
  • perfuse
  • pursues
  • recuse
  • renews
  • reviews
  • shampoos
  • suffuse
  • tattoos
  • transfuse
  • accrues
  • amuse
  • bad news
  • berceuse
  • chanteuse
  • chartreuse
  • coiffeuse
  • contuse
  • diffuse
  • disuse
  • ensues
  • eschews
  • ill-use
  • infuse
  • misuse
  • peruse
  • recluse
  • refuse
  • reuse
  • revues
  • short fuse
  • taboos
  • Toulouse
  • vendeuse
3 syllables
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