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fuse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fuse

1 to come together to form a single unit

our two local teams fused into a larger regional team

Synonyms of fuse

associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify, unite

Words Related to fuse

ally, confederate, league

chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice

assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet

recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite

Near Antonyms of fuse

detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke

disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms of fuse

break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

2 to go from a solid to a liquid state

the lightning strike was so hot it caused the electrical wires to fuse and then drip onto the road

Synonyms of fuse

deliquesce, flux, liquefy (also liquify), melt, run, thaw

Words Related to fuse

found, gutter, smelt, try

dissolve, render

Near Antonyms of fuse

clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken

Antonyms of fuse

harden, set, solidify

3 to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout

the many foundries would daily fuse copper and zinc to create the brass that made the city famous

Synonyms of fuse

amalgamate, blend, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix

Words Related to fuse

add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss

coalesce, compound, emulsify

conjoin, join, knit, link, unite

intertwine, interweave, weave

Near Antonyms of fuse

cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder

disperse, dissolve, scatter

detach, disengage, split

Antonyms of fuse

break down, break up, separate, unmix

Synonym Discussion of fuse

mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity.

- mix the salad greens
- mix a drink

mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.

- fear mingled with anticipation in my mind

commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling.

- a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her

blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture.

- blended several teas to create a balanced flavor

merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole.

- in his mind reality and fantasy merged

coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity.

- telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait

amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities.

- refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community

fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product.

- a building in which modernism and classicism are fused

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