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I do not know what all the fuse is about.

Like her mother, she had never been known for having a long fuse.

I'll get them off one after the other, short fuse first.

I can tell you, he's got a very short fuse.

Fuses and a part of the board had gone out.

Maybe that was why he'd been on a short fuse this morning.

Pick the next man and get out, just as you light a fuse.

He ran out of fuse four steps from the top.

Say fifteen minutes from the moment you light the fuse.

And we put the fuse on the outside of the bowl.

"I'm going to look for the man who will light the fuse."

With his fuse lit, he takes off for the door.

She may also have an attitude or a short fuse.

This fuse can be used in a variety of ways.

They say Random's got a really short fuse these days.

The second starts a time fuse, set for seven minutes.

You'll have plenty of time to get away after you light the fuse.

Remember me at the weekend to look I think it's only fuse right?

And no matter what she argued, her life was on a short fuse.

Especially when high on coke, she has a very short fuse.

Her husband had a short fuse and a troubled job history.

The police found later that someone had removed a fuse.

Even without the water, the fuse would have been useless.

Live: Both the service cable and the fuse are in place.

Nevertheless, I could have done nothing else but light that fuse.

All of these events must take place in the correct order to arm the fuze.

The top had a threaded fuze well in the center.

However, these are allowed for when calculating the fuze setting.

Tools are not required to install or set the fuze.

It is circular with a metal case and a central fuze well.

The most significant was the proximity fuze, manufactured by several companies for the military.

Much of the basic proximity fuze technology was developed under his direction.

The standard time delay for this fuze is 3.5 to 4 seconds.

The early British fuze at left is an example.

To do this, the fuze remains unarmed until a series of events take place.

On impact with the target, a delayed action fuze is triggered.

When the darts hit the target, a fuze is triggered.

Usually limpet mines are set off by a time fuze.

Several types of fuzes were made including a low metal fuze.

The total weight of the grenade with the fuze is about 600 grams.

They provide a more sophisticated trigger mechanism than the common contact fuze.

However, while the Boxer time fuze was a great advance various problems had to be dealt with over the following years.

The plug is removed and replaced with a fuze for firing.

They were also used with a contact fuze when attacking entrenchments.

Part of his preflight routine was to reach behind him and check each fuze by hand.

Due to its special constructed fuze and packaging, it is considered especially secure.

There would be no set back when the rocket was fired to arm an artillery fuze.

A new type of artillery fuze will appear soon.

Its fuze had been damaged and the bomb did not detonate.