Words Like FUSE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to FUSE.
29 Alternative Words Similar to fuse
10 definitions of fuse
1
To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
2
To unite or blend, as if melted together.
3
To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
4
To be blended, as if melted together.
5
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See fuze.
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a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles.
7
A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.
8
mix together different elements
9
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
10
equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse