short-circuit

Verb

Synonyms: short bypass go around get around

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

hamper the progress of; impede“short-circuit warm feelings”
create a short circuit inSynonyms: short
avoid something unpleasant or laborious“You cannot bypass these rules!”Synonyms: bypass go around get around

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. [1913 Webster]