noun
- a device that ignites an explosive charge
Usage: military; technical
verb
- to equip with a fuze
Usage: military; technical
Examples
- The artillery shell had a timed fuze that would detonate after five seconds.
- Engineers carefully installed the fuze in the demolition charge.
- The defective fuze failed to ignite the explosive.
- Military technicians must fuze the shells before loading them.
- The bomb disposal expert examined the fuze mechanism.
- They decided to fuze the charges with a remote detonator.