Word: short-circuited
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...some also performed necessary social functions. The Teapot Dome affair of Harding's Administration, the freezer and coat giveaways of the Truman and Eisenhower eras, were corrupt acts based on organized greed, some massive, some relatively modest. Watergate is a far greater malignancy. These conspirators wanted to short-circuit the electoral and judicial processes, to rewrite the book on national security, to manipulate the standards of ethics and morality...
Like Flip Wilson on NBC, Cosby uses his hour as a showcase for black talent, with some of the best singers and dancers on the tube or anywhere else. They shoot out 1,000 watts every time they snap their fingers-and very nearly short-circuit the tube with electrical overload...
...bears a distressing resemblance in its tone and quality of research to Phillips' tirade. The tract revels in recounting every instance of bribery, influence peddling and even criminality in the congressional history books, but it is neither explicit nor persuasive in presenting its view of the problems that short-circuit congressional progress...
...neatness to the formulation of U.S. foreign policy. On such matters as relations with the U.S.S.R., he says: "We used to spend half our time negotiating among ourselves, a quarter of the time with our allies and only a fourth with the Russians." The Kissinger apparatus is designed to short-circuit interdepartmental disputes well before they reach the President. "The role of the President is not to ratify the compromises of the bureaucracy," Kissinger insists. He is superb at squeezing clear-cut choices out of the departments to present to the President?and at spotting the weak options that...
...anti-kite law in the District of Columbia seemed a good idea when it was passed in 1892. Washington's utility wires were then strung overhead for kites to tangle in and possibly short-circuit. No one ever thought to repeal the law, although it was not enforced in recent generations...