interrupter

Example Sentences

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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 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

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

The mercury has to be cleaned at intervals, if the interrupter is much used.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose