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fuse

verb [I or T] (MELT)
 
 
/fjuːz/

Definition

to (cause to) melt (together) especially at a high temperature: The heat of the fire fused many of the machine's parts together.Physical and chemical processesConnecting and combiningVariety and mixturesMixing and mixtures
(Definition of fuse verb (MELT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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