Hyphenation of defusing

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defusing? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-fus-ing

Definitions of defusing:

1.	The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

Synonyms of defusing:

noun	deactivation, termination, ending, conclusion

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