Topic: BOMBS AND TERRORISM
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | FUSE2 |
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | fuso 'spindle (= long thin part which turns around)', from Latin fusus |
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fuse1
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[countable]1DTPE a short thin piece of wire inside electrical equipment which prevents damage by melting and stopping the electricity when there is too much power : two 13 amp fuses
two 13 amp fuses blow a fuse (=make it melt by putting too much electricity through it)
2 also fuze American EnglishSCB a thing that delays a bomb, firework etc from exploding until you are a safe distance away, or makes it explode at a particular time
