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Mumbai bombs "diffused"

Mumbai bombs "diffused"

RE: Mumbai bombs "diffused"

(OP)
Ha!

AP and Yahoo actually did catch and correct this as I was drafting my post. So the bombs actually were "defused". That sounds safer than just diffusing them over a general area.

RE: Mumbai bombs "diffused"

after they exploded they were "diffused" ...

RE: Mumbai bombs "diffused"

To be fair, what would have happened in the UK would probably have been a great deal closer to "diffused" (though the ATOs prefer to use the word "disrupted").

Shredding the device with an explosive-propelled jet of water cuts out an awful lot of that awful red wire/blue wire confusion.

In the UK, we tend to use "fuze" for electronic or mechanical things for initiating explosions and "fuse" for stuff like safety fuse (the stuff that burns at a constant rate).  Illogical as it seems, I think I've seen "defuse" more often then "defuze".

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RE: Mumbai bombs "diffused"

The nearest I've heard to "defuze" when in the UK was, "Look out, here comes de Fuzz". lookaround

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RE: Mumbai bombs "diffused"

This is the techie bit which is probably not backed up by any dictionary.

fuse is the protective stuff that blows when currents get too high

fuze is the destructive stuff that is used to set off a bomb/missile.  This comes from military specs.

So for a bomb, it would be defuze in techie speak.
 

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