unfuse

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ fuse.

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.
   • 1997, Dana Redfield, Ezekiel's Chariot, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN, page 172:

     Nobody can unfuse fused bones, Quen, nobody."

   • 2003, Michael Pinsky, Future Present: Ethics And/as Science Fiction, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, →ISBN, page 176:

     I've become permanently fused with him. And I can't unfuse. I'm sitting here waiting to unfuse

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

     A fused hem is almost impossible to change because adhesive residue sticks all over the place when you try to unfuse it.