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A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.

(Q3778724) (military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator. +

(figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper.

A kind of match for starting a fire:

A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

To furnish with or install a fuse in (an explosive device) {{q|see Usage notes for noun above}}.

(Q182221) (electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.

(liquify by heat)To liquify by heat; melt.

(melt homogeneously)To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

To melt together.

(nuclear fusion)(astronomy) To combine through nuclear fusion.

(electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.

(of a circuit) To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing.

(organic chemistry) 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.