Noun short circuit has 1 sense
- short circuit, short - accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
--1 is a kind of contact, tangency
--1 is a part of circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
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Verb short circuit has 3 senses
- short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"
--1 is one way to thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- short-circuit, short - create a short-circuit in
--2 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
--3 is one way to avoid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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