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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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