fuses

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/ˈfjuːzɪz/ English

Definitions

noun

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”

verb

To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
To melt together.
To furnish with or install a fuse.
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

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Synonyms

fuze fuze (US)meld smelt fusee fuzee mix immix blend commingle coalesce conflate merge combine primer electrical fuse allantois amalgamates

Rhymes

infuses bruises excuses refuses ruses amuses abuses cruises diffuses druses

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