Short-circuit
Pronunciation : Short"-cir`cuit
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
t. [imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.] (Elec.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913