Definition of "short-circuits" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-circuit. (verb)

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• "They know, as Mullen said in his testimony on the Hill, that this is much riskier, it brings with it a much higher chance of failure, and it really short-circuits a strategy that the president himself set out only 18 months ago."
• "Psycho-Electric specialist Dave Voltresistor said that many of the Prime Minister's recent decisions could be explained by the embedded objects, explaining, the likely explanation is that the metal is is causing short-circuits between the synapses, leading to erratic moods, occasional incontinence poor judgement and megalomaniacal episodes."
• "To preclude light rail on this bridge now short-circuits the long term transit planning process for our regional system and makes it very likely that we will be standing in crowded buses stuck behind drawbridges in the year 2030 and beyond."