Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich HR?

Geoff: 'Er, there seems to be an argument going on in the HR department. Does anyone know what's going on?' Alan: 'No idea, but I'll go and see if I can defuse the situation until Jen gets out of her meeting.'

to defuse

Do you know what it means?

• to calm
• to report
• to sum up