short circuit

oikosulku A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
puhekieltä to cause a short circuit in
puhekieltä to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
1998: Catherine Nickerson, The Web of Iniquity

His temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution.

You do not need to follow your entire sales cycle if the customer wants to short-circuit it for you.

My mother, determined to short-circuit my outcry, would match my objections by pointing out an inherent reward for doing such work.

For example, to short-circuit the "LoggedIn()" or "LogIn()" "if" conditional, replace the "Or" with "OrElse" and the statement is interpreted to mean "if not logged in, then log in".

If you would like to short-circuit, you must replace "And" with the "AndAlso" keyword and "Or" with the "OrElse" keyword, as follows....

The "Demand" is done to ensure that you have indeed been granted this permission before using the "Assert" to short-circuit the stackwalk.