short circuit

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: short cir=cuit

CIDE DICTIONARY

short circuit,  

 A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

short circuit

amplify, break, broken circuit, charge, circuit, circuital field, closed circuit, complete circuit, dead circuit, electrify, energize, galvanic circuit, galvanize, generate, hot circuit, lateral circuit, leg, live circuit, loop, loop in, magnetic circuit, microcircuit, multiple circuit, multiple series, path, plug in, printed circuit, series multiple, shock, short, step down, step up, stiffen, switch off, switch on, turn off, turn on, vector field