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also interruptor
as in heckler
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Recent Examples of interrupter
There were Safe Streets workers from the Brooklyn location at the block party before the gunfire erupted, and it was revealed those violence interrupters completed several mediations during the day.
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Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
Now in its 17th year, Safe Streets operates in 10 locations, employing violence interrupters to detect brewing conflicts and act as mediators to prevent gunfire.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Research suggests violence interrupters and deterrence programs can help reduce homicides, nonfatal shootings and violent crime in cities, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
What will happen to the interrupters once federal funding ends?
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
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Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
Now in its 17th year, Safe Streets operates in 10 locations, employing violence interrupters to detect brewing conflicts and act as mediators to prevent gunfire.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Research suggests violence interrupters and deterrence programs can help reduce homicides, nonfatal shootings and violent crime in cities, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
What will happen to the interrupters once federal funding ends?
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrupter
Noun
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Other members of the crowd started booing and then drowned out the heckler with applause before Zverev began his post-match speech.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Yes, but not just any heckler; the interloper turns out to be Death himself.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Noun
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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
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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
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As the empire tries to inflict its imperialism on the island, it is met by a disease called the Dream Scourge, a plague of the soul that drives people mad.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Never mind the stalking, cucking her husband, and bringing plague and endless death upon her.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The parasites' arrival in the central nervous system is often marked by a headache.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
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But the unusual dismissal order comes with strings attached that could cause continued legal headaches for Adams and put pressure on him to do more to help Trump’s administration with immigration enforcement, experts, including former federal prosecutors and judges, told the Daily News on Tuesday.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Interrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrupter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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