Synonyms of short-circuiting

short-circuiting

verb

present participle of short-circuit

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• obstructing
• embarrassing
• inhibiting
• handicapping
• blocking
• delaying
• clogging
• stymieing
• disrupting
• interfering (with)
• restraining
• cramping
• handcuffing
• fettering
• constraining
• shackling
• encumbering
• hobbling
• thwarting
• hog-tying
• tying up
• holding back
• trammeling
• curbing
• frustrating
• tying
• stifling
• manacling
• retarding
• checking
• braking
• binding
• cramping one's style
• retaining
• giving a hard time
• reining
• balking
• barricading
• choking
• sabotaging
• chaining
• strangling
• derailing
• arresting
• holding up
• baffling
• blockading
• tethering
• confining
• smothering
• roadblocking
• bogging (down)
• miring
• suffocating
• stumping
• foiling
• muzzling
• repressing
• leashing
• suppressing
• haltering
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facilitating
• assisting
• helping
• aiding
• opening
• clearing
• freeing
• releasing
• unplugging
• liberating
• unclogging
• loosening
• smoothing
• promoting
• unstopping
• encouraging
• furthering
• making way
• untying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of short-circuiting

Becerra drew, by far, the most attacks, underscoring the priority other candidates put on short-circuiting his rise. — Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026

His deliquescent tissue had seeped under the keys, short-circuiting the motherboard. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Eventually, these atoms reach the bottom electrode and create a permanent connection, short-circuiting the device and causing failure. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026

Is this not short-circuiting our inherent curiosity? — Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025