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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

Three people with knowledge of the incident said one of the surviving victims from the O Street shooting is a violence interrupter who works as part of the attorney general’s office’s Cure the Streets program.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2022

Put five drops of oil in the oil cup at the interrupter end of the magneto, located at one side of the cam housing, for every hundred hours of actual running.

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




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