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Time fuse

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a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited.
- Bacon.

See also: Time



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As the shell flies upwards a small time fuse burns away inside it, unseen to the audience.
Records show that while under heavy enemy fire he risked his life lighting a fuse under a bridge when the time fuse failed to act.
Should the primary command-detonation initiating system fail, we are forced to wait until the time fuse detonates the charge.
 
 
 
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