short-circuit

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

short-circuit
    v 1: hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm
         feelings"
    2: create a short circuit in [syn: {short-circuit}, {short}]
    3: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
       these rules!" [syn: {bypass}, {short-circuit}, {go around},
       {get around}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.]
   (Elec.)
   To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two
   points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
   [1913 Webster]

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