- The bomb squad diffused the bomb.
- The bomb squad defused the bomb.
If you chose number 2, you are correct. The following is dictionary.com's definitions of the two words:
defuse:
verb (used with object)
- to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.).
- to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing: to defuse a potentially ugly situation.
diffuse:
verb (used with object)
- to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate.
- Physics . to spread by diffusion.
You see that you cannot diffuse a situation. At all. Ever. Please don't write/say that you or someone else did that.
PS: I do not approve of spelling 'fuse' with a zed as above: "fuze." It just looks stupid.
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