English-French translations for fuse

• plomb
• fusible
  Quand on n’a pas d’enthousiasme, il ne faut pas voter la décharge et ne pas griller que les fusibles. We should not vote for discharge if there is no enthusiasm for it and not blow only the fuses.
• agglomérer
• cordeau
• détonateur
• fondre
• fusionner
• mèche
  Ne devrions-nous pas penser au danger que représente la mèche constamment incandescente des factions armées les plus agressives et les plus extrémistes du fondamentalisme islamique international? Should we not think about the danger posed by the constantly smouldering fuse of the most aggressive and extremist armed factions of international Islamic fundamentalism?

Definition of fuse

• A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device
• The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device
• A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it
• A friction match for smokersuse, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind
• To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably
• To furnish with or install a fuse

Examples

• When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse

Related words

• confuse
• profuse
• refuse
• confused
• infuse
• suffuse
• fusebox
• fuselage
• perfuse