SHORT-CIRCUIT Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

short-circuit

verb

ˈshȯrt-ˈsər-kət

as in to impede

to create difficulty for the work or activity of for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds

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Recent Examples of short-circuit The 2012 discovery of a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the Florida School for Boys was the sort of headline that short-circuits the brain. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Stepping down immediately appeared to be a ploy by Gaetz to short-circuit release of the report because the panel typically only exercises jurisdiction over sitting members of Congress, not former members. —

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024 The process of reconciliation, a legislative workaround that short-circuits the filibuster, remains subject to tight rules that require every provision to have a budgetary impact. —

David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024 For Gen Z—and anyone else in the workforce—an inability to communicate effectively can short-circuit a promising career. —

Chris Westfall, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for short-circuit

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Walker, in fact, explains that one of the by-products of alcohol metabolism is a class of chemicals, known as aldehydes, that are especially prone to impede REM sleep.

— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
These teams all have franchise players to build around and some contracts that would impede them from fully committing to the tear-down process.

— Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025