short circuit

Example Sentences

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Nets have been placed over certain streets; in previous years metal kite strings have fallen on to electricity wires giving an electric shock to anyone holding them - and causing the wires to short circuit.

From BBC

The failures included electronics and software faults, circuit breakers tripping repeatedly, damage to wiring, short circuits, loss of electrical current, and overheating of power system components.

From BBC

“I thought it was a short circuit,” he said, “or a loose connection—something electrical. That’s the kind of noise it was.”

From Literature

Later, we’d learn that there had been a short circuit somewhere among the hundreds of miles of wiring within the craft.

From Literature

Local broadcaster NDTV, citing unnamed police officials, said that a short circuit may have sparked the fire.

From Barron's