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fuse noun

  /fjuːz/
  • A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
 pavio, rastilho
  • (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
 pavio

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.
 fusível

fuse verb

  /fjuːz/
  • (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 fundir
short fuse
pavio curto
shell fuse
espoleta
blow a fuse
enlouquecer
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