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Definition fuse in American English

fuse noun

[countable] noun
/fjuz/
1

a part of a piece of electrical equipment that makes it stop working when there is too much electricity flowing through it

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2.1

a piece of electrical equipment used for exploding a bomb, firework, etc. from a distance

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Definition fuse in American English