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proximity fuze
noun
- a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proximity fuze1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences
His third was a graze; so close that its proximity fuze functioned, detonating the cyclonite-packed war-head.
From Project Gutenberg
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