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.
fuzes
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present tense formof fuze (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Proximity fuzes are precision electromechanical devices, and the lines that build them at scale are few,” Sawyers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
L3Harris, which makes fuzes for 30mm ammunition, is “rapidly scaling to meet the growing demand across a range of fuzes,” a spokeswoman for the Florida-based company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
It follows the development and installation of similar fuzes — designed by the same nuclear laboratory — on hundreds of smaller-yield submarine warheads in a program completed in January 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
Still more pried open boxes holding switches and fuzes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2012
Guns 3, 4, 5, 6 set fuzes for 4500 with correctors 150, 160, 170, 180.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
