interrupter

variants also interruptor

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Recent Examples of interrupter What will happen to the interrupters once federal funding ends? Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024 Introduce Proactive 'Bias Interrupters' Leaders can tackle unconscious bias behaviors in themselves and their organizations by introducing bias interrupters. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 Body cam footage was released last night showing the fatal shooting of a violence interrupter by D.C. police earlier this month. Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024 Warren also admitted to attending BGF meetings at a Safe Streets location, dubbing the site — designed to provide a location for violence interrupters to work — a BGF ‘clubhouse,’ and a place to stash guns and drugs, according to court documents. Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for interrupter 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupter
Noun
  • It was filmed by the heckler and by those who witnessed Kelce snatch his phone and smash it onto the ground.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Radiohead singer Thom Yorke left the stage at his solo show in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday night (Oct. 30) after a heckler yelled at him about the war between Israel and Hamas.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Sign up As omnivorous eaters, an unchecked population of stoats also poses a threat to mice, rabbits, hedgehogs and birds, including Orkney's population of curlews and hen harriers.
    Abby Wilson, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Rockstar then packed the world with everything from skydiving and harrier jets to trucking — all within a 6×6 kilometer map, a step up from the 4×4 kilometers for GTA III and Vice City.
    Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Needless to say, Orlok will make the trip to Wisborg — arriving in Germany like a plague, with Thomas all but crawling back home to his wife behind him — long before Western society will learn to accept that denying human desire is less a collective victory than a personal self-defeat.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Otherwise, butterfly larvae would be like locusts, like a plague.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Symptoms linked to the mystery disease include fever, headaches, coughing and anemia, raising concerns about the Congo's limited medical infrastructure.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • That was until a throbbing headache set in, said Covert, 18.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Interrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupter. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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