as in destroyer
a person who destroys or damages something deliberately; a person who performs sabotage
The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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Recent Examples of saboteur
By acknowledging the legitimate concerns driving resistance, providing high-quality tools, nurturing AI champions, and clearly communicating about AI, marketing leaders can turn potential saboteurs into enthusiastic adopters.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Doug Gordon, a Democratic strategist, said the image of Musk as a government saboteur is a potent one.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
These subtle saboteurs cost you credibility and clients daily, but fixing them takes minutes rather than months.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Doug Gordon, a Democratic strategist, said the image of Musk as a government saboteur is a potent one.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
These subtle saboteurs cost you credibility and clients daily, but fixing them takes minutes rather than months.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
Noun
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Commercial satellite imagery from June 2 showed the destroyer upright for the first time since the May 21 accident, the 38 North program, which studies the nuclear-armed North, said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
4 June 2025
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The stricken destroyer was the country’s newest warship and was meant to be a triumph of North Korea’s ambitious naval modernization effort.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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The vandal also busted the windshields of some of the vehicles that weren’t torched, a police source said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2025
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As a result, Hough and other park superintendents were constantly frustrated by their inability to protect the park’s features from vandals and thieves.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Graham is that good, a game wrecker on the interior of the defensive line who offers a special blend of quickness, strength and intelligence.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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State police asked motorists to avoid the area as crews worked to use a wrecker to remove the tractor-trailer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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Who is a time waster and who is your next biggest client?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saboteur. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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