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 hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
But hidden away in a secret HQ, a group of celebrity saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even far from the front line, soldiers tend to dress casually—presumably because of the risk of spies or saboteurs.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
But that was back when the world was a simpler place and Mickelson wasn’t the saboteur of professional golf’s social stratum.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
But hidden away in a secret HQ, a group of celebrity saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even far from the front line, soldiers tend to dress casually—presumably because of the risk of spies or saboteurs.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
But that was back when the world was a simpler place and Mickelson wasn’t the saboteur of professional golf’s social stratum.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
Noun
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The flare-up occurred while the destroyer was patrolling the Middle East, a common destination for warships homeported in San Diego.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer program, which was started in 1998 with plans for 32 ships.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This alleged vandal demanded to be called what name?—
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FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The vandals came at night Tarring the asphalt with the coward’s color.—
Ken Burns,
The Atlantic,
28 Dec. 2025
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McDonald was a game-wrecker for one of the most dominant defenses in the country, earning consensus All-American honors.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Senior Javon Jones is a game-wrecker on the Eaglecrest defensive front.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 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 19 Jan. 2026.
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