short circuits
Wiring gone wrong
Short circuits names the verb and noun together.
To short-circuit is to bypass the normal path—electricity finding an unintended route, or a process being cut off before completion: The leak short-circuited the whole system.
A short circuit is the event itself, usually causing failure or damage.
Figuratively, anything that derails a process short-circuits it: Panic short-circuits rational thought.
Protective melting wire
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- sparkTiny fiery particle
arc · current · voltage · grounding · insulation · conductor · resistance · fault
Lack of success
- glitchMinor system fault
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- errorFault in communication
crash · misfire · burnout · outage · damage · smoke · meltdown · fried
Break in upon
- derailForce off course
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
- overrideCancel by authority
- hijackSeize a moving vehicle
trigger · stress · panic · overwhelm · shutdown · freeze · block · impulse
fuse
Protective melting wire
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
spark · arc · current · voltage · grounding · insulation · conductor · resistance · fault · trip
failure
Lack of success
error · crash · misfire · burnout · outage · damage · smoke · meltdown · fried · zap
interrupt
Break in upon
hijack · trigger · stress · panic · overwhelm · shutdown · freeze · block · impulse · reaction
workaround
Makeshift bypass of difficulty
override · circumvent · end-run · sidestep · loophole · fast-track · cheat · cutoff · reroute
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- defective goodslemon, seconds, reject, dud, damaged goods
- electrical safetyelectric shock, fuse, GFCI, ground wire, grounding
short circuitsclosed circuit
Uninterrupted conductive path
open circuits · closed circuits · disconnection · series circuits · parallel circuits
short, circuit, shorts, shortcut, circuits, circuitous, circuitry, shorting, short-circuit