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Either the bulb gets blown itself or the tungsten wire melts and opens the circuit, causing the light bulb to fuse.

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If something is fused, then it no longer makes an electrical circuit and therfore no longer works,

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A fused bulb means that the element that lights up inside has broken, leaving a gap. This means that the electrical circuit is no longer complete.

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