LekhoriLekhoriA cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
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.
From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
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