"alterator" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Cherie Carter-Scott, Negaholics: How to Overcome Negativity and Turn Your Life Around, page 75",
          "text": "To avoid such feelings by using mood alterators is a normal coping mechanism for our times.",
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          "text": "I carry a few different alterators in my field kit. Most just allow telescopic sight.",
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        "One who or that which alters something; a changer."
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