short-circuiting

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]