attenuator
noun
at·ten·u·a·tor
ə-ˈten-yə-ˌwā-tər 
-yü-ˌā-
: a device for attenuating
especially
: one for reducing the amplitude of an electrical signal without appreciable distortion
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Upon review of the car, and INDYCAR impounding the No. 3 attenuator, INDYCAR found that the car was in fact using a legal and unmodified attenuator.
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Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
The Toyota drove through the gore area, struck the Exit 2 off-ramp sign support and the impact attenuator, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
Troopers responded to reports of the crash at 2:47 p.m. and found that the unoccupied Durango’s front wheels were elevated, as the vehicle became stuck upon striking a guardrail attenuator in the left lane.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2024
Early on Sunday in Queen Anne’s County, troopers responded around 12:35 a.m. to Route 50 West in Queenstown, where a three-vehicle crash was triggered by a motorcyclist striking an impact attenuator, police said.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
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Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
The Toyota drove through the gore area, struck the Exit 2 off-ramp sign support and the impact attenuator, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
Troopers responded to reports of the crash at 2:47 p.m. and found that the unoccupied Durango’s front wheels were elevated, as the vehicle became stuck upon striking a guardrail attenuator in the left lane.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2024
Early on Sunday in Queen Anne’s County, troopers responded around 12:35 a.m. to Route 50 West in Queenstown, where a three-vehicle crash was triggered by a motorcyclist striking an impact attenuator, police said.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Attenuator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attenuator. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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