fuse1
• verb 1 join, blend, or coalesce to form a single entity. 2 melt (a material or object) with intense heat, so as to join it with something else. 3 Brit. (with reference to an electrical appliance) stop or cause to stop working when a fuse melts. 4 provide (a circuit or electrical appliance) with a fuse. • noun a safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level. — ORIGIN from Latin fundere ‘pour, melt’.
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