DEFINITION: SHORT CIRCUIT
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VERB (USED WITH OBJECT)
1.
ELECTRICITY.
TO MAKE (AN APPLIANCE, SWITCH, ETC.) INOPERABLE BY ESTABLISHING A SHORT CIRCUIT IN.
TO CARRY (A CURRENT) AS A SHORT CIRCUIT.
2.
TO BYPASS, IMPEDE, HINDER, OR FRUSTRATE:
BAD WEATHER SHORT-CIRCUITED MY VACATION PLANS.
VERB (USED WITHOUT OBJECT)
3.
ELECTRICITY. TO FORM A SHORT CIRCUIT OR BECOME INOPERABLE DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT. NOT: ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE TO COVER A LIE
