interrupter

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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 championed a law that created a multimillion-dollar violence interrupter program as a supplement to traditional policing and another that funded “baby bonds” that low-income children can cash in once they become adults.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

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

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Towers, who works as a violence interrupter, said he and his colleagues face significant challenges in building trust with these communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

If there is no inductance in the circuit, the interrupter stage never sets in at all, but the first stage passes directly into the third stage.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose