interrupter

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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

The mayor’s latest budget pumps millions into crime mitigation programs and more than doubles the size of the violence interrupter unit.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2021

When the interrupter operates, however, the maximum primary current will be diverted from its short circuit and can flow to the ground only through the secondary winding and spark-plug circuit.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred