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fuse 1

also fuze  (fyo͞oz)
n.
1. 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.
2. often fuze A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade: "A mechanical ... switch is used to initiate the fuzes" (International Defense Review).
tr.v. fused, fus·ing, fus·es also fuzed or fuz·ing or fuz·es
To equip with a mechanical or electrical fuse.
[From Italian fuso, spindle (originally from its shape), from Latin fūsus.]
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fuse2
electric plug fuse

fuse 2

 (fyo͞oz)
v. fused, fus·ing, fus·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To join (different pieces or elements) together physically, as by melting or heating: bits of glass fused in a kiln; atomic nuclei that are fused together inside the stars.
b. To blend or combine together: "Edison's invention strategy effectively fused research and development in a seamless process" (Seth Shulman).
2. To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating; melt.
v.intr.
1.
a. To become physically joined together, as by melting.
b. To be combined or blended together: "There was no separation between joy and sorrow: they fused into one" (Henry Miller). See Synonyms at mix.
2. To become liquefied from heat.
n.
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.
[Latin fundere, fūs-, to melt; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
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fused

(fjuːzd)
adj
(Electronics) having a protective device for safeguarding electric circuits, etc, containing a wire that melts and breaks the circuit when the current exceeds a certain value
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.fused - joined together into a wholefused - joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated
united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
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fused

[fjuːzd]
A. ADJ (Elec) → con fusible
B. CPD fused plug N → enchufe m con fusible
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fused

adj plug etc → gesichert
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fused

[fjuːzd] adj → con fusibile incorporato
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He argued that if one slave re- fused to be corrected, and escaped with his life, the other slaves would soon copy the example; the re- sult of which would be, the freedom of the slaves, and the enslavement of the whites.
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Why, I could give that man the whole history of the Reformation in the time he took to tell me that the Union-Labor Party had fused with the Democrats.
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All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
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It is true that you are a nation of fused races--a strange medley of people, but still you are a nation.
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