"unfuse" meaning in English

See unfuse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unfuses [present, singular, third-person], unfusing [participle, present], unfused [participle, past], unfused [past]
Etymology: From un- + fuse. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|fuse}} un- + fuse Head templates: {{en-verb}} unfuse (third-person singular simple present unfuses, present participle unfusing, simple past and past participle unfused)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To separate before a fusion; to make no longer fused. Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2040, Jan Saunders Maresh, Sewing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 10008383948494:",
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