Foolishly cut historic ring, using more direct method (5,10)

I believe the answer is:

short circuiting

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'using more direct method' is the definition.
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'foolishly cut historic ring' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cut'+'historic'+'ring'='cuthistoricring'
'cuthistoricring' with letters rearranged gives 'SHORT-CIRCUITING'.

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