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A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.

A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.

Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

Example: When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

To melt together.

To furnish with or install a fuse.

To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings