RUINER Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

ruiner

noun

Definition of ruiner

as in saboteur

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Recent Examples of ruiner Thank goodness, too, because that would have been a day-ruiner. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 McKellen has mentioned the robe-ruiner before. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 Only one of these teams is in a playoff position, while the rest will be trying to play season-ruiner. — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

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Noun

But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of saboteur

Noun

Dallas’ front office believed in Johnson’s potential to be a defensive game-wrecker who can guard one through five and protect the basket.

— Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 July 2026
After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026

Definition of wrecker

Noun

The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.

— Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of waster

Noun

Built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Mississippi, the vessel is the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer produced at the facility.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Kobbie Mainoo will continue as a mainstay of United’s midfield next season, but the 21-year-old is not the profile of a midfield destroyer who will break up the play in the manner that Casemiro was accustomed to.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of destroyer

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