interrupter
noun
in·ter·rupt·er ˌin-tə-ˈrəp-tər 
variants or less commonly interruptor
: one that interrupts
especially : a device for interrupting an electric current usually automatically
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The mayor’s latest budget pumps millions into crime mitigation programs and more than doubles the size of the violence interrupter unit. 
Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021 The plan nodded at reform efforts, including violence-interrupter programs, and at the ways in which the city’s crime concerns were connected to its issues properly running schools, providing mental-health services, and addressing homelessness. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2022 How violence interrupter programs work Safe Streets was launched in Baltimore in 2007 in the McElderry Park neighborhood. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2022 According to Butts, this key measure of success was also found in a 2017 evaluation of violence interrupter programs in New York City. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021 The violence interrupter model started in Chicago in 1995, and over the past 15 years, it has been adopted by major cities across the country. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021 Jovan’s father, Jovan Davis Sr., who works with the city as a violence interrupter, said he is comforted to know that his son is safe, learning and supervised in school all day. Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021 Meanwhile, The Office of the Attorney General, which started the violence-interrupter program, is tracking numbers in areas where the crime stoppers are working. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2021 Indianapolis' violence interrupter program has a $400,000 budget and is funded through The Indianapolis Foundation's 2020 Violent Crime Prevention Grants Program, which uses city money. Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021 See More
Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021 The plan nodded at reform efforts, including violence-interrupter programs, and at the ways in which the city’s crime concerns were connected to its issues properly running schools, providing mental-health services, and addressing homelessness. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2022 How violence interrupter programs work Safe Streets was launched in Baltimore in 2007 in the McElderry Park neighborhood. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2022 According to Butts, this key measure of success was also found in a 2017 evaluation of violence interrupter programs in New York City. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021 The violence interrupter model started in Chicago in 1995, and over the past 15 years, it has been adopted by major cities across the country. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021 Jovan’s father, Jovan Davis Sr., who works with the city as a violence interrupter, said he is comforted to know that his son is safe, learning and supervised in school all day. Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021 Meanwhile, The Office of the Attorney General, which started the violence-interrupter program, is tracking numbers in areas where the crime stoppers are working. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2021 Indianapolis' violence interrupter program has a $400,000 budget and is funded through The Indianapolis Foundation's 2020 Violent Crime Prevention Grants Program, which uses city money. Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1512, in the meaning defined above
interrupter
noun
variants also interruptor
as in heckler
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- heckler
- harrier
- gadfly
- plague
- headache
- nuisance
- annoyer
- harasser
- tormentor
- pest
- annoyance
- persecutor
- torturer
- tease
- tormenter
- gnawer
- teaser
- pain
- molester
- nudnick
- nudnik
- hassle
- bother
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- charmer
- smoothie
- comforter
- soother
- solacer
- smoothy