Definition of "short-circuiting" [short-circuiting]

• Present participle of short-circuit. (verb)

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• "These wisdom traditions knew that something needed to be done to keep trickster from short-circuiting or wiretapping your communication line with the holy."
• "By short-circuiting overly predictable outcomes, we make more room for surprise, creativity, and mystery."
• "One certified progressive, Joe Klein, has had the courage to make the case against the unions' attempted short-circuiting of democracy, and for Walker's legislation."