The Jewish Community Relations Council does work on racism and multicultural issues, but they don't address anti-Arab racism in this work. They see that as 'political.' It's like they have a short-circuit inside them.
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Short circuit
Synonyms for "short circuit" (59 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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magnetic circuitmicrocircuitmultiple circuitmultiple seriespathplug inprinted circuitseries multipleshockshortstep downstep upstiffenswitch offswitch onturn offturn onvector field
Noun(10 words)
policy shortcutshortshort outshort-circuit evaluationshort-circuitingshortcutshortssimulated faulttest faultworkaround
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16 entriesAND short circuitOR short circuitarc faultarc-caused faultdead shortdirect shortfault injection setupground faultlow-impedance pathnon-ideal short circuitprocess bypassshort circuit test fixtureshort-circuit in logicshort-circuit in programmingtest harnessworkaround
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9 entriesshort circuit analysisshort circuit conditionshort circuit currentshort circuit faultshort circuit pathshort circuit protectionshort circuit testshort circuit testingunintentional short circuit
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Just the thought of being in a crisis that we cannot buy, build or invest our way out of seems to create some kind of collective mental short-circuit. This mix of ignorance, denial and unawareness is the very heart of the problem
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In the motor control room aft, a crewman crashed against the main electrical switchboard, short-circuiting it with his body, and all power aboard was lost.
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[H]is temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution.
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