Short-circuited

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]