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defuser

(diːˈfjuːzə)
n
(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a person or device that defuses bombs
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But who's the Trump defuser? Who can calm a country that has frazzled nerves from the daily Trump barrage?
We haven't even mentioned the self-styled bomb defuser's ability under the high ball.
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He could have been discreet, subtle, unassuming -- the defuser of rows and the lubricator of compromise.
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The Crossbow Defuser is a portable crossbow de-cocking device that allows you to safely, silently and simply un-cock virtually any crossbow in seconds.
In a story that has been passed down the generations, McCreadie was a highly respected bomb defuser who worked for Alfred Nobel - the man who invented dynamite at his factory, in Stevenston, Ayrshire.
Some titles have tried to work around these limits - the game (http://www.keeptalkinggame.com/) Keep Talking And No One Explodes puts the VR user into the role of a bomb defuser who works with spectators to solve puzzles - but most of the time, these experiences are meant for one person to see, hear and play.
I don't know why I like Celebrity MasterChef because my favourite cooking utensil is the microwave, which I always stop at one second just to feel like a bomb defuser.
Opening scenes strike a mildly portentous note while introducing Indian army officer Samar Anand (Shah Rukh Khan) as a coolly proficient bomb defuser in Ladakh whose utter lack of regard for personal safety might seem excessive even to the adrenaline-junkie protagonist of "The Hurt Locker." Samar has earned the title "the Man Who Cannot Die" after a long string of successful missions.
"It basically stalled my defuser so I didn't have any down force so it was tricky to try to even keep 10th."