0 a string or piece of paper connected to a firework or other explosive that is used for lighting it, or a device inside a bomb that causes it to explode after a fixed length of time or when it hits or is near something:
Dad lit the fuze and we watched the firework blast into the sky.
The mine did not explode because the fuzes had gone out.
It took a lot of nerve to go in there and relight those fuzes.
A landmine may or may not have been primed, fuzed, or otherwise prepared for use.
After the projectile has been fuzed and prepared for firing, it is placed on the loading tray and secured with the strap.
