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Another word for fuse

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Verb

  1. To change from a solid to a liquid

      1. (Chemistry) To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
      2. (Biol.) To melt away in the course of growth or decay: said of some of the parts of certain fungi
      3. (Intransitive) To melt and disappear.
      1. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
      2. To be moved or overcome emotionally:
      3. To become liquid; melt:
      1. To apply a flux to.
      2. To become fluid.
      3. To melt; fuse.
      1. To condense (a gas) by cooling.
      2. To melt (a solid) by heating.
      3. To cause to become liquid, especially:
      1. (Obsolete) To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
      2. To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
      3. To become softened in feeling:
      1. (--- Informal) To depart; leave:
      2. To cause to function; operate:
      3. To publish in a periodical:
      1. To become liquid or semiliquid; melt
      2. To get rid of the chill, stiffness, etc. resulting from extreme cold
      3. To become warm enough for snow and ice to melt.
    See also:

    solid

  2. To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous

    See also:

    assemble

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Another word for fuse

Noun
      1. An automatic switch that stops the flow of electric current in a suddenly overloaded or otherwise abnormally stressed electric circuit.
      2. A switchlike safety device that automatically interrupts the flow of an electrical current in a circuit when it has become excessive
      3. An automatic halt or suspension in the trading on a stock exchange that takes effect in response to a specified amount of loss.
      1. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action.
      2. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.
      3. A piece of cord or tape, or a thin bundle of threads, in a candle, oil lamp, cigarette lighter, etc., designed to absorb fuel by capillary attraction and, when lighted, to burn with a small, steady flame
      1. An explosive.
      2. A device, such as a fuse or percussion cap, used to set off an explosive charge.
      3. A fuse, percussion cap, etc. for setting off explosives
      1. Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive
Verb
      1. To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another:
      2. To combine (varieties or grades of the same substance) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency:
      3. To mix, merge, or unite
      1. To come or bring into union; act or mix together; unite; join
      2. To have, exhibit, or involve in combination:
      3. To harvest and thresh with a combine
      1. To be welded or capable of being welded
      2. To bring into close or intimate union; unite in a single, compact whole
      3. To unite (pieces of metal, plastic, etc.) by heating until molten and fused or until soft enough to hammer or press together
    See also:

    join

    mix

    mix

Idioms:

    blow-a-fuse

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Sentence Examples

  • Martha quickly explained, leaving Quinn's short fuse unlit.

  • The high temperature necessary to fuse cement clinker makes this process difficult to accomplish commercially, but it has many inherent merits and may be the process of the future, displacing the rotatory method.

  • Later those pads fuse with the anterior end of the centrum of the vertebra to which they belong; where the vertebral column is rendered inflexible, the disks are ossified with the centra and all trace of them is lost.

  • They meant to light the fuse on his emotions and power by taking what he cared for most.

  • contents of the two cells fuse together, cytoplasm ~ B

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