jammer
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒæmər/
- Specialized
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inhibidor de señales
- And he says it's a signal jammer that blocks everything from UHFVHF all the way up to shortwave and microwave.
So we had a jammer that cuts out, cuts out the tracker, you get it.
- So we had a jammer that cuts out, cuts out the tracker, you get it.
- The Mexican government has been afraid of using those jammers because they know that drones have explosive charge on them.
- And click on through to watch us make some special speech jammer Frank calls.
Examples
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But according to federal law, it is illegal to use, own, buy, or sell cell phone jammers.
Blog text (10) -
The conference was interrupted by a jammer that disrupted all wireless communications.
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There has to be a jammer nearby.
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Dad, they must be using a jammer.
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The military must have put signal jammers around the city.
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He's going for the radio jammer.
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The report concerned the problematic way the jammers interfered with regular military communications.
Academic text (2011) -
D'Ovidio says some cell phone jammers can stop GPS, two-way radios, and can even block police radio if they're close enough.
Blog text (10) -
Radio jammers blocked pro-Saddam television broadcasts from Jordan and CNN transmissions from Lebanon.
Academic text (1991) -
The military deployed a jammer to prevent enemy communications during the operation.
Synonyms
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7.2
A device that stops another machine or system from working
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jammer comes from the verb jam, which means 'to block' or 'crowd together', plus -er meaning 'one that does'. Think of a traffic jam, where cars are stuck; a jammer does the same to phone or radio signals by blocking them.