How to Use short-circuit in a Sentence

short-circuit

1 of 2 verb

• But the surge soon short-circuited when the Rockies tied the game in the top of the eighth.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• Scoreboards have begun to short-circuit at the thought.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 14 Apr. 2023
• Allowing agencies to step in when the law falls silent short-circuits that process.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• So, when the Entity forces Hunt to choose which of his amigas to save, Ilsa or Grace, the guy all but short-circuits.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 July 2023
• You short-circuit them if you’re baffled by the suggestion that baldness is a source of shame.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
• Dendrites can short-circuit the battery cell and cause explosive fires.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Her reporting includes tips to short-circuit this doom loop.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• To defeat him, Scott goes sub-atomic and short-circuits Darren’s shrinking suit.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
• The group argued that the Chevron doctrine short-circuited the way government is supposed to work by putting agencies in charge of the laws they were supposed to follow.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• Worse still, if too many lithium ions build up, the battery can short-circuit and, potentially, start a battery fire.
  — Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Role is: To make a statement about belonging, after the neck injury short-circuited the initial Heat go-round.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2024
• Trying to short-circuit that decision in the courts, however, is likely to make things worse rather than better.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• For, as everyone knows, when reception is bad, the short-circuit is sometimes in the receiver.
  — Kathleen Watt, Allure, 6 Dec. 2023
• In the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022, at least a dozen electric cars caught fire after being exposed to salty floodwaters that caused them to short-circuit.
  — John Fund, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
• In a statement, the local government said a short-circuit sparked the fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in the southern region of Arequipa.
  — Reuters, CNN, 7 May 2023
• The researchers have struggled with dendrites – spiky metallic formations that can cause a battery to short-circuit.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
• The homeowner plugged it into an outlet in their kitchen, but the battery short-circuited and exploded.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
• Against the Grizzlies, a team that loved getting into the paint, Davis was a force at the rim, blocking 26 shots and was single-handedly capable of forcing the Grizzlies to short-circuit.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• Electrical storms can short-circuit the power grid, as occurred in Quebec in 1989 when millions of people were left without power in the cold of late winter.
  — Kim Beil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
• Other times, conveniences are put in place in order to short-circuit your ability to act in your own best interests, even if just for a split second.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2023
• However, keep in mind that presenting a scientist with an equation written in feet and pounds may short-circuit their brains.
  — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
• That becomes even more essential as climate change brings higher winds and flooding, the biggest risks for a reactor short-circuit.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• While the Senate is usually hobbled by its rules from quick action, Schumer and McConnell used their clout to short-circuit delaying tactics.
  — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
• And Trump’s superhuman ability to short-circuit the news cycle had lessened—though only to a degree.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Oct. 2023
• Officials tried to short-circuit the logic of a bank run and restore depositors’ confidence that their money is safe.
  — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Many feared that war on inflation would cause unemployment to surge and short-circuit the economic recovery from Covid-19.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• At issue is a 12-volt battery cable that may be missing a fuse, potentially causing the cable to short-circuit or overheat during a crash.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Boston is a two-time national defensive player of the year who can short-circuit entire offenses, while Clark is a gunslinger who thinks nothing of pulling up from the logo.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• By skipping over Nora’s teenage and early adult years, Song elides a lot of details and short-circuits a lot of potential immigrant-experience clichés.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• Morgan was Kuechly before Kuechly, only to have a series of concussions short-circuit his career.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2024

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short circuit

2 of 2 noun

• The fire was caused by a short circuit.
• There are times when the space heater could overpower the cord and cause it to short circuit.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• The short circuit from the balloon can also cause power lines to fall to the ground.
  — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2024
• Some of the work seemed haphazard, and machine bundling of the wires left them open to short circuits.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 July 2019
• And so impeachment, in a way, would short circuit that.
  — Time Staff, Time, 17 Apr. 2018
• Lithium dendrite can cause a short circuit that sparks a fire, Chen wrote.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
• Sometimes, when people do nice things to me, I short circuit.
  — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 19 Mar. 2018
• This defect can result in a higher risk of crash if the short circuit happens while the car is in use.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
• Officials said the fire was caused by a short circuit that came amid heavy rain in Moscow.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• The statement says the exact cause of the short circuit is unknown and that there have been no crashes or injuries.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Authorities at one point said the fire was caused by a short circuit.
  — Fox News, 14 July 2021
• The blaze, started by a short circuit in a piece of charging equipment, had torn through the tent in which everything was housed.
  — Jonathan Hawkins, CNN, 8 July 2019
• The damage could cause a short circuit that, because there’s no fuse in the circuitry, could lead to overheating and a fire.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 June 2023
• Jay saw his first fatal fire in high school, when a short circuit lit up an old man's house early one morning on the next block over.
  — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
• As a result, water may leak into the cameras and short circuit.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• Even in its game against Kentucky, Ole Miss might have given up 30-plus points if the Wildcats didn’t short circuit in the red zone and on special teams.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2022
• And that was a world in which the tubes often blew, and bugs in the system were literal ones, namely insects that caused short circuits.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• Most designs aren't a fire or electrical hazard, as the batteries shut off in the event of a short circuit.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2023
• But the Supreme Court cannot short circuit this process or provide special protections for Trump.
  — Ray Brescia / Made By History, TIME, 20 May 2024
• There was no short circuit on an electrical device in his room.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
• So when a short circuit hit the grid, the suddenly imbalanced system didn’t adjust to it as planned and the grid collapsed.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• This can be caused by an overloaded circuit, short circuit or ground fault.
  — azcentral, 1 Aug. 2019
• And admitting privileges laws are just a short circuit to get there.
  — Kate Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2019
• That punch loomed like an executioner’s sword, and when Davis landed it against the ropes in the sixth, Santa Cruz’s body seemed to short circuit.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• Salt may also connect to cravings via a short circuit in the gut microbiome.
  — Christopher Damman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2024
• Doing so, is known as creating a short circuit and could cause the wires and the batteries to get extremely hot.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• The problem is that the dendrites bore through the electrolyte over time and cause a short circuit during charging, reducing the battery's life span.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2022
• The recent review of changes to the Max raised the question whether a wiring short circuit could also cause a runaway stabilizer.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020
• The automotive manufacturer said the front-facing or rearview camera case may allow water to enter and short circuit the camera.
  — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
• Many of the fires — particularly in crowded urban centers — are caused by short circuits, an alarming prospect as India faces an intense period of heat waves that strains electrical wires.
  — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024