fuse : Idioms & Phrases

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blow a fuse

  • verb get very angry and fly into a rage
    hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; fly off the handle; go ballistic; flip one's wig; hit the ceiling; throw a fit; blow one's stack; lose one's temper; combust; blow up; have a fit.
    • The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
    • Spam makes me go ballistic
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cartridge fuse

  • noun a fuse cased in a tube
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Concussion fuse

  • (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.
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detonating fuse

  • noun a fuse containing an explosive
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electrical fuse

  • noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
    electrical fuse; fuse.
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Fuse hole

  • the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.
Webster 1913

Fusing point

  • the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.
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plug fuse

  • noun a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket
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safety fuse

  • noun a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance
  • noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
    electrical fuse; fuse.
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Sump fuse

  • a fuse used in blasting under water.
Webster 1913

Time fuse

  • a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited.
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time-fuse

  • noun a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)
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