short-circuiting
/SH AO1 R T S ER0 K AH0 T IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To cause a short circuit in
- 2
(by extension) to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
- 3
To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for
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