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• v  mix together different elements
• v  become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
  The substances fused at a very high temperature
• v  equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
• v  make liquid or plastic by heating
  The storm fused the electric mains
• s  joined together into a whole

• For this fall, it will come fused with the kilt, with kick pleats to add greater movement.
• LUIGI BARZINI, Italian author: Three Italian leaders, fused into one man, could be useful today.
• In the Lynn works of the General Electric Company, has been produced a substance known as a clear fused quartz, which possesses an astonishing catalog of uses and properties:.

• blend
• flux
• mix
• conflate
• commingle
• immix
• fuse
• coalesce
• meld
• combine
• merge
• amalgamate
• amalgamated
• coalesced
• consolidated

• defuse

News & Articles

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• Animal clinic rescues 6 squirrels with tails fused together
  It was a strange sight: six otherwise adorable squirrels with their tails fused together. The “squirrel kings” formation, as it’s called, resulted in the rodents connected to each other from behind, unable to escape their bonds and headed for death or dismemberment. The squirrels were lucky to be discovered by a caring individual who brought [...]
  June 13, 2013 - The Sideshow via Yahoo! News
• High Pressure Fittings fit 360 µm tubing.
  Cheminert UHPLC Fittings permit direct connection of 360 micron OD fused silica, PEEK®, stainless, or electroformed nickel tubing without use of liners. Because of fitting's fine 2–56 threads, leak-free connection that seals at pressures in excess of 20,000 psi can be formed with manual tool. Fittings in PEEK can be used safely up to 10,000 psi. Supplied with PEEK or stainless nut ...
  June 13, 2013 - ThomasNet
• Researcher: Car voice commands more distracting than mobile phones
  LANDOVER, Md. — Big engines and cushy seats are not enough for today’s automobile buyers. They want cars fused with computers. Machines that respond to their voice. Access to the Web while changing lanes.
  June 12, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Ryan Crocker in Reuters
  The way Iraqis are reading the events of Basra and Baghdad is the government against extremist militias. That's what has fused political support for Prime Minister Maliki and his government in a way that we just haven't seen,Crocker said....
• David Kuo in Bend Weekly
  Kuo pointed out that "God and politics had become very much fused together into a sort of a single entity. Where, in a way, politics was the fourth part of the trinity. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and God the politician."...
• Alex Filippenko in Science Daily (press release)
  The central part of the huge star had fused to oxygen near the end of its life, and was very hot,Filippenko explains. "Then the most energetic photons of light turned into electron-positron pairs, robbing the core of pressure and causing...