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shunt

verb as in delegate

verb as in switch

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Example Sentences

You know, like Nixon tried to shunt responsibility for the break-in on to Liddy, Sturgis, et al.

Television stations can turn down their ads for any reason or shunt them into any time spot.

Instead of attacking neighbors, why not shunt the wrath onto one poor soul who stands in for all would-be enemies?

Once on the subject of jewels, it was difficult to shunt him off on another at short notice.

In place of a shunt, the voltmeter uses a coil of wire of high resistance (see R, Fig. 249) in series with the galvanometer coil.

In other words a voltmeter is connected in shunt, while an ammeter is in series with the circuit as is shown in Fig. 250.

When two or more conductors are connected in parallel each one is said to be a shunt of the others.

The shunt wound dynamo (see Fig. 286) sends a part only of the current produced through the field coils.

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On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shunt, such as: avoid, deter, fend off, foil, forestall, and halt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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