fuse box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Searching for the source of a lighting failure he opened a fuse box: “It looked like an exploded firecracker.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
He had come into contact with a lightbulb served by an unearthed fuse box.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023
“Shouldn’t someone go check the fuse box or something?”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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