1. An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
   "The electrical fuse blew when too many appliances were plugged in";
   - electrical fuse, safety fuse
    
2. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
   "The technician carefully attached the fuse to the firework";
   - fuze [N. Amer], fusee, fuzee [N. Amer], primer, priming

1. Unite, join or come together forming one object or mixture
   "The glass pieces fused in the kiln";
   - blend, mix, commingle, immix [archaic], coalesce, meld, combine, merge
    
2. Become plastic, fluid or liquefied from heat
   "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
    
3. Equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
   "The technician fused the bomb"
    
4. [Brit] Stop working because of a blown fuse
   "The lights fused during the electrical storm"

Derived forms: fused, fuses, fusing

Type of: change integrity, electrical device, equip, fit, fit out, flux, igniter, ignitor, light, lighter, liquefy, liquify, outfit

Antonym: defuse

Encyclopedia: Fuse, Juan