fuze
noun
a mechanical or electronic device to detonate an explosive charge, especially as contained in an artillery shell, a missile, projectile, or the like.
fuzed
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past participleof fuze.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fuze.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fuzenouna mechanical or electronic device to detonate an explosive charge, especially as contained in an artillery shell, a missile, projectile, or the like.
Example Sentences
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All XV-in. shell shall be fitted with three fuze-holes, and issued for service fuzed with 3 1/2, 5, and 7 seconds fuzes.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
And Walt, using the focus rod for power, fuzed the control panel in an instant beyond all use.
From Earth Alert! by Kris Neville
No shell shall be fuzed unless it has been filled.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
The thing wasn't fuzed for impact, then, but for time; and the activating mechanism would be shell-and shock-proof.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
