Synonyms for short-circuit
short-cir·cuit

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1. short circuit, shortverb

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

   Synonyms:
   short circuit, 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, 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, break, get around

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1. List of paraphrases for "short-circuit":

   short-circuiting, short, bypass

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How to use short-circuit in a sentence?

1. Tony Rothert:

   This cowardly move by the Secretary of State proves that Missouri's anti-abortion zealots understand that they're acting against the wishes of the majority, they hope to short-circuit the people's vote because they know they will lose if the people get their say.

2. 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.

3. Dylan Khoo:

   This process can be triggered by a battery overheating, being punctured, or an electrical fault like a short circuit, in cases where fires occur spontaneously while charging, it is likely due to manufacturing defects.

4. Josh Earnest:

   No one’s allowed to short-circuit this system.

5. Bobby Jindal:

   The answer to this is not to put a Band-Aid on this and allow even more people to come into America, we should not short-circuit the vetting process -- we've got a normal vetting process. Simply allowing more people into our country doesn't solve this problem.