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
But any assumption that a Trump-Putin deal will cause the Kremlin’s spies and saboteurs to step back is dangerously mistaken.
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Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2025
As the sun and Chiron harmonize, face your inner saboteur.
—USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
One common tactic saboteurs use is to leak bits and pieces of insider information to distract, stir backlash and ultimately hamper the changes.
—Troy Batterberry, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2025
As the sun and Chiron harmonize, face your inner saboteur.
—USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
One common tactic saboteurs use is to leak bits and pieces of insider information to distract, stir backlash and ultimately hamper the changes.
—Troy Batterberry, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
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These destroyers, which are of the Arleigh Burke-class, provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities, the U.S. Navy said.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement toward his goal of expanding the operational range and preemptive strike capabilities of his nuclear-armed military, state media said Saturday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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Climate change vandals spray-painted a Tesla car dealership in Manhattan on Tuesday to protest Elon Musk’s work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but as police arrived, the activists could be seen cleaning off some of the vulgar writing.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Law enforcement is asking those who might know the identity of the vandals to step forward.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
28 Mar. 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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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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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saboteur. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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