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interrupter

[in-tuh-ruhp-ter] / ˌɪn təˈrʌp tər /


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“We just got the dams removed on the Klamath, and now you want to put another destructive life cycle interrupter in our ocean.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

And as we’re questioning our long-held beliefs about “sink or swim” individualism and intellectual elitism, this is also an interrupter.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

He now is 48 and works to pacify street beefs before they turn deadly as a violence interrupter.

From Washington Times Oct. 20, 2022

“We have to do something. Doing nothing, we see, isn’t working,” said Hardy, a violence interrupter.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2022

If a hammer or motor interrupter is employed with the coil, then a primary condenser must be connected across the points between which the primary circuit is broken.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming




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