JAMB - English Language (2001 - No. 67)
Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
The police came early enough to...... the bomb planted by the rioters.
diffuse
insulate
detonate
defuse
Explicació
The sentence should read:
"The police came early enough to defuse the bomb planted by the rioters."
Defuse means to make a situation less dangerous or to deactivate an explosive device. Diffuse means to spread over a wide area. Insulate means to protect from heat, cold or noise. Detonate means to set off an explosion, which is the opposite of what the police aim to do in this situation.