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were defused
verb
To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
Exact(15)
The other three were defused.
Two other bombs were defused, he said.
The devices were defused without incident.
One by one, potential bombs were defused.
Two other bombs were defused, Mr. Goswami added.
London, June 2007 Two car bombs in the West End were defused before they went off.
Similar(44)
Some are defused.
A second bomb was defused.
"Weapons of mass destruction" must be defused.
That bomb was defused by the police.
A second bomb, in Rennes, was defused.
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