circuited
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For centuries, even millennia, people learned songs through the oral tradition, which has been short circuited by the advent of electronic media and inexpensive print communications, in just the last century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
She shows no bitterness about the turn of events that short circuited her diplomatic trajectory.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014
Their invention, Roominate, offers girls the experience of building a working circuited dollhouse in pastel colors.
From Time ● Nov. 27, 2013
Wouldn’t that have short- circuited, say, the return of Steve Jobs to Apple?
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 30, 2011
The term "short circuit" is a little confusing, in that electricity may have to go a longer way to be short circuited than to pass through some resistance, such as a lamp.
From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie
