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fused adjective [ fjuːzd ]

• joined or blended to form a single entity.
• "skeletal malformations such as fused vertebrae"
• (of a circuit or electrical appliance) provided with a fuse.
• "a fused plug"

fuse verb

• join or blend to form a single entity.
• "intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit"
Similar: combine, amalgamate, put together, blend, merge, meld, mingle, intermix, intermingle, synthesize, coalesce, compound, alloy, agglutinate, unite, marry, admix, commingle, commix, interflow,
Opposite: separate,
• (of an electrical appliance) stop working when a fuse melts.
• "the crew were left in darkness after the lights fused"
Similar: short-circuit, burn out, stop working, trip, break, go, blow,
• 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"
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin fus- ‘poured, melted’, from the verb fundere .

fuse verb

• fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine).
• "the bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance"
Origin: mid 17th century: from Italian fuso, from Latin fusus ‘spindle’.


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