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Fuse board contains trace current rising (11)

Ross

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consolidate

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'fuse' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for consolidate that I've seen before include "Fuse" , "Make stronger; combine into one" , "Unite" , "Join together - strengthen" , "Unify" .)

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