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   fuse

   /fjuːz/

   verb

   • 1. join or blend to form a single entity: "intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit" Similar combineamalgamateput togetherblendmergemeldmingleintermixinterminglesynthesizecoalescecompoundalloyagglutinateunitemarryrare:admixcomminglecommixinterflowOpposite separate
   • ▪ (of groups of atoms or cellular structures) join or coalesce: "the two nuclei move together and fuse into one nucleus"
   • ▪ melt (a material or object) with intense heat so as to join it with something else: "powdered glass was fused to a metal base" Similar bondstickjoinattachbindintegrateweldsoldermeltsmeltdissolveliquefyOpposite disconnect
   • 2. (of an electrical appliance) stop working when a fuse melts: British "the crew were left in darkness after the lights fused" Similar short-circuitburn outstop workingtripbreakinformal:goblow
   • ▪ cause (an electrical appliance) to stop working when a fuse melts: "he will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp"
   • 3. provide (a circuit or electrical appliance) with a fuse: "there is no need to fuse the circuit any higher unless there is other equipment on the same circuit"

   noun

   • 1. a safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin fus- ‘poured, melted’, from the verb fundere.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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