noun. A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.

noun. A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade.

transitive verb. To equip with a mechanical or electrical fuse.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To join (different pieces or elements) together physically, as by melting or heating.

intransitive verb. To blend or combine together.

intransitive verb. To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating; melt.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To become physically joined together, as by melting.

intransitive verb. To be combined or blended together: synonym: mix.

intransitive verb. To become liquefied from heat.

noun. A safety device that protects an electric circuit from excessive current, consisting of or containing a metal element that melts when current exceeds a specific amperage, thereby opening the circuit.

To melt; liquefy by heat; render fluid.

To blend or unite as if by melting together.

Synonyms Dissolve, Thaw, etc. See melt.

To amalgamate.

To melt; be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

To become intermingled and blended as if melted together.

noun. In electricity, a piece of conductor, inserted into an electric circuit, which is of less current-carrying capacity than the rest of the circuit, and therefore under excess of current melts and opens the circuit.

noun. A tube, casing, ribbon, etc., of various materials, filled or saturated with a combustible compound, and used as an exploder for firing a blast or for igniting any exploding charge, as of a military shell.

noun. The track or trail of a buck in the grass. Also fusee.

intransitive verb. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.

intransitive verb. To be blended, as if melted together.

intransitive verb. the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.

transitive verb. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.

transitive verb. To unite or blend, as if melted together.

noun. A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See fuze.

noun. the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse.

noun. a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles.

noun. A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.

noun. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

noun. The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.

noun. A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.

noun. Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

verb. To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

verb. To melt together.

verb. To furnish with or install a fuse.

verb. mix together different elements

noun. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

verb. equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse

verb. become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat

noun. an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

verb. make liquid or plastic by heating

"The word fuse popped into Marlene’s head, along with a colossal terror."

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equip  fit  fit out  flux  liquefy  

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