Synonyms for short circuit
short cir·cuit

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1. short circuitnoun

   Synonyms:
   short

2. short circuitverb

   to cause a short circuit in

   Synonyms:
   short

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1. short circuit, shortverb

   accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

   Synonyms:
   shortstop, short

2. short-circuitverb

   hamper the progress of; impede

   "short-circuit warm feelings"

   Synonyms:
   go around, bypass, get around, short

3. short-circuit, shortverb

   create a short circuit in

   Synonyms:
   go around, short-circuit, bypass, short-change, get around, short

4. bypass, short-circuit, go around, get aroundverb

   avoid something unpleasant or laborious

   "You cannot bypass these rules!"

   Synonyms:
   swing, go around, get about, get out, outflank, short, bypass, rotate, circulate, spread, revolve, short-circuit, break, get around

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1. List of known nicknames for "Short Circuit":

   Raymond Bianchi

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How to use short circuit in a sentence?

1. Robert Menendez:

   I can't imagine why the majority leader, would seek to short circuit the process unless the goals are political rather than substantive.

2. Erik Jaffe:

   You can’t short-circuit the ordinary steps of judicial review for serious constitutional questions.

3. San Francisco:

   These two recalls have one thing in common : they are attempts to short-circuit the democratic process with big money, across the country, right-wingers are attacking school boards ; over half of the signatures to qualify for the ballot were gathered by people paid as much as $ 22 per signature, many of whom came from out of state.

4. Emily Hampsten:

   The minute Sen. Durbin heard that he had offended Sen. Tim Scott, he sought him out on the floor and apologized, what Sen. Durbin took issue with in his floor speech was not Sen. Scott's bill, but that the Senate Majority Leader would short circuit this critical debate and fail to make the changes needed to prevent the killing of Black Americans by police officers. Addressing systemic racism and changing policing in America requires and deserves more than one Judiciary hearing, one floor vote, one conversation.

5. San Francisco:

   These two recalls have one thing in common : they are attempts to short-circuit the democratic process with big money.