fuse

Plural: fuses

Noun

• an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
• A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
• The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
• A tendency to lose one's temper.
• A kind of match for starting a fire:
• A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
• A kind of match for starting a fire:
• A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: fused, fusing, fuses

• To equip with a fuse; to join or blend as if by melting.
• mix together different elements
• become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
  • "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
• equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
• make liquid or plastic by heating
  • "The storm fused the electric mains"
• To furnish with or install a fuse in (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).
• To liquify by heat; melt.
• To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
• To melt together.
• To combine through nuclear fusion.
• To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
• To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing.
• To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings.

Examples

• He tried to fuse the scattered letters on his rack into one explosive bingo word.
• When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
• When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch.

Synonyms

blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, electrical fuse, flux, fusee, fuze, fuzee, immix, meld, merge, mix, primer, priming, safety fuse, smelt

Antonyms

defuse

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