home-wrecker
noun
: someone who has an affair with a married person and causes that person's marriage to fail
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When Pamela died, in 1997, following an afternoon swim at the Hôtel Ritz, obituaries called her a home-wrecker.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
There were the accusations of being a home-wrecker.
—Glamour, 25 Apr. 2024
There was a time when Ariana Grande being called out for being a home-wrecker would’ve been the topic of an hour-long discussion between us.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2023
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
There were the accusations of being a home-wrecker.
—Glamour, 25 Apr. 2024
There was a time when Ariana Grande being called out for being a home-wrecker would’ve been the topic of an hour-long discussion between us.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2023
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“Home-wrecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home-wrecker. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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