1) Counteract 2) Deactivate 3) Disarm 1) Disarm 2) Do a minesweeping job 3) Make a bomb harmless 4) Make less dangerous 5) Make less explosive 6) Make less tense 7) Remove 8) Remove a portfire 9) Render harmless 10) Render incapable of exploding 11) Take 12) Take away 13) Withdraw 14) Work on a bomb 15) Work on the bomb squad 
• (v. t.) To disorder; to make shapeless.
De·fuse' transitive verb [ Confer Diffuse .] To disorder; to make shapeless. [ Obsolete] Shak. 
[v] - remove the triggering device from
verb remove the triggering device from