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Thread ID: 80639	2007-06-30 04:49:00	Diffused Defused or Confused	Sweep (90)	PC World Chat

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564564	2007-06-30 04:49:00	Hi people, home.nzcity.co.nz Do you believe News Media? I will not add another POLL. Some people need to learn.	Sweep (90)
564565	2007-06-30 05:51:00	de·fuse [dee-fyooz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -fused, -fus·ing. –verb (used with object) 1. to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.). 2. to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing: to defuse a potentially ugly situation. –verb (used without object) 3. to grow less dangerous; weaken. Also, defuze. [Origin: 1940–45; de- + fuse1] dif·fuse [v. di-fyooz; adj. di-fyoos] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -fused, -fusing, adjective –verb (used with object) 1. to pour out and spread, as a fluid. 2. to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. 3. Physics. to spread by diffusion. –verb (used without object) 4. to spread. 5. Physics. to intermingle by diffusion. –adjective 6. characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing; wordy. 7. widely spread or scattered; dispersed. 8. Botany. widely or loosely spreading. 9. Optics. (of reflected light) scattered, as from a rough surface (opposed to specular). [Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L diffūsus spread, poured forth. See dif-, fuse2] www.dictionary.com :) That article appears to be confused (or the spellchecker :p)	Myth (110)
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