fuse with (something)
1. To connect or bond two things. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "fuse" and "with." She used a soldering gun to fuse the metal part to the pipe. A: "Wait, I can fuse topaz with a gnarled stick and create a weapon that shoots electricity? Cool!" B: "Yeah, each gem has different elemental properties in this game." Geez, years of rust have fused the hinge with the door frame.
2. To connect or bond with something else. Here, look at the X-ray—you need to get a cast so that this part of the bone fuses with that one. It's definitely not ideal to have vertebrae fuse with each other, no. You need to increase the heat if you want these two ingredients to fuse with each other.
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fuse something with something
to bond something together with something. You have to fuse the upper layer to the lower layer with heat. He used heat and pressure to fuse the patch with the soft rubber of the raft.
fuse with something
to bond with something. The metal has fused with the glass coating on the tank. I didn't know that metal could fuse with glass.
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