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So I rewired it but somehow I must have sheered into one of the wires so that one of the live wires got attached to a metal plate and the whole amp was live.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

"May not some crippled ship of our own have sheered from the line, and been left by us, unknowingly, on that side?"

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

Otherwise they would have sheered off a bit quicker.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

Many of the boats were shattered or sunk, while those in the rear, seeing the state of things, appear to have sheered off.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

Edward with Manston's repulses would have sheered off at the outset, as he did afterwards.

From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas