interrupter
Americannoun
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a person or thing that interrupts.
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Electricity. a device for interrupting or periodically opening and closing a circuit, as in a doorbell.
noun
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a person or thing that interrupts
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an electromechanical device for opening and closing an electric circuit
Etymology
Origin of interrupter
Example Sentences
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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
Eugene Smith, a father of five, was also a violence interrupter in Southeast Washington and had a “teddy bear”-like personality, according to friends at the vigil.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
He now is 48 and works to pacify street beefs before they turn deadly as a violence interrupter.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2022
Ambrose thought that Roy was going to address the interrupter, but he saw him check himself in time to save a scene that would indeed have been memorable.
From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by Copus, John E.
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