📚 Fuse, noun. 🔉 /fjuːz/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: A device in a bomb that controls the timing of the explosion. ❗️ Examples: 1. For instance, their Tellermine was fitted with screw sockets on the side and underneath to take various types of anti-lifting device, and anti-handling fuzes were issued. 2. The fuze is a self-powered, microprocessor controlled device and contains a radio frequency radar. 3. What he doesn't know, of course is that he is the bomb, complete with remotely controlled fuse hidden somewhere in the car. 4. A conventional bomb has a casing containing explosives, a detonation or ignition system, and an initiation device or fuse. 5. When the fuse is triggered, a conventional explosion causes the second subcritical mass to be propelled at a high velocity into the first subcritical mass. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic