Word: short-circuited
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...that they are bringing forth a tragic epic, not a silly melodrama, and therefore much blood must be spilled before whoever is left standing at the end is granted peace and wisdom. That most of the dying results from a bootlegging operation Tristan starts up during Prohibition tends to short-circuit whatever impulses toward terror and pity we might still have. Running hooch in from Canada is not an occupation we usually associate with profound drama, especially when it is centered on a figure who is literally a deadly bore...
...codes to instructions for making long-range rocket bombs. As if to provoke the authorities, some college students have posted collections of electronic pamphlets that include Suicide Methods, an instruction manual for self-destruction, and The School Stopper's Textbook, which tells students how to blow up toilets, short-circuit electrical wiring and "break into your school at night and burn it down...
...promptings of the diversity-crusaders so much as their methodology. I too would like the Harvard faculty to look a little bit less like the Elks club from some New Hampshire hamlet. But I am not so bent on this notion of diversity that I would be willing to short-circuit strictly meritocratic hiring procedures in order to bring it about...
...already creeping up, though so far only to a bit above rock bottom. A much more widespread worry is that the tax increases included in Clinton's deficit-cutting program will take a bite out of the economy. Finally, worsening recessions in Western Europe and Japan could well short-circuit an increase in U.S. exports...
...sound silly, but you'd be surprised how many people spill coffee or beer on their keyboards. The keyboard can look speciously abuse-resistant, but in reality the electrical contacts of the keys are exposed to the outside world. Any liquid that finds its way into the keyboard may short-circuit these contacts and literally fry the whole device...