• fuse

• enPR: fyo͞oz, IPA^(key): /fjuːz/
• Homophone: fuse
• Rhymes: -uːz

fuze (plural fuzes)

1. (manufacturing, mining, military) Synonym of detonator, an auxiliary device used to ignite an explosive substance or device.
2. Archaic spelling of fuse, in its various other senses.

• The spellings fuse and fuze were formerly used interchangeably for all senses, but modern professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the two, using fuze for detonator devices and fuse for all other senses; fuze is now rarely used except when this distinction is intended.

fuze (third-person singular simple present fuzes, present participle fuzing, simple past and past participle fuzed)

1. (transitive, manufacturing, mining, military) To equip with a detonator.
2. Archaic spelling of fuse, in its various other senses.

• The spellings fuse and fuze were formerly used interchangeably for all senses, but modern professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the two, using fuze for detonator devices and fuse for all other senses; fuze is now rarely used except when this distinction is intended.

• “fuse”, in OED Online 👁 Paid subscription required
  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “fuse”, in OED Online 👁 Paid subscription required
  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.