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fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • (electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
 fusible

fuse verb

  /fjuːz/
  • (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 fondre

fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • (figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper.
 corda
  • (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
 espoleta
  • A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
 metxa
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