Fuse and Lighter

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Fuse noun - Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.

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Lighter and fuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lighter" instead a noun "Fuse".

Nearby Words: fusion, fused, fusing, fusible

Lighter noun - A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire.

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Fuse and lighter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fuse" instead a noun "Lighter".

Nearby Words: light, lighten, lightweight, lightly, lightness

He holds a cigarette lighter to the fuse until everyone else puts down their weapons, whereupon the bomb guy promptly faints.

Source: Fainting
Couldn't Find a Lighter: In I Heard a ghost lights his cigar off the lit fuse of a Cartoon Bomb.

Source: Western Animation / Betty Boop
In Tomorrow: When the War Began, two girls place a petrol tanker under a bridge and lay a rope fuse with which to blow it up, then belatedly realize that each of them thought the other had brought the lighter.

Source: Hard To Light Fire

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