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☆ circuit breaker

a switchlike safety device that automatically interrupts the flow of an electrical current in a circuit when it has become excessive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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