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interrupter

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in⋅ter⋅rupt⋅er

[in-tuh-ruhp-ter]
–noun
1. a person or thing that interrupts.
2. Electricity. a device for interrupting or periodically opening and closing a circuit, as in a doorbell.
Also, in⋅ter⋅rup⋅tor.


Origin:
1505–15; interrupt + -er 1
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in·ter·rupt·er   (ĭn'tə-rŭp'tər)   
n.  
  1. One that interrupts: an inveterate interrupter of other people's conversations.

  2. Electronics A device that periodically and automatically opens and closes an electric circuit, producing pulses.

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