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fuse

 
 
/fjuːz/ verb [I, T]

Definition

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UK If a piece of electrical equipment fuses, or if you fuse it, it stops working because there is too much electricity going through it: You've fused the lights.
JOIN to join or become combined: The bones of the skull are not properly fused at birth.
(Definition of fuse verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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