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
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The saboteurs' goal was to imply that No Labels was a right-wing shadow effort.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The United States also revealed Russian plans to send saboteurs into eastern Ukraine to stage an incident that could provide Putin with a pretext for an invasion.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2022
Yet another plot wrinkle is the role the rebellion — and one saboteur within the rebellion — might have in affecting both the emperor’s business on Arrakis and the Sisterhood’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The saboteurs' goal was to imply that No Labels was a right-wing shadow effort.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The United States also revealed Russian plans to send saboteurs into eastern Ukraine to stage an incident that could provide Putin with a pretext for an invasion.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2022
Yet another plot wrinkle is the role the rebellion — and one saboteur within the rebellion — might have in affecting both the emperor’s business on Arrakis and the Sisterhood’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
Noun
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America and the world need Trump to be a disrupter and reformer, not merely a destroyer.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Kaga: Kure, Japan The Kaga, which is a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into the country's first aircraft carrier since World War II, remained pierside at Kure naval base in Hiroshima prefecture, according to a photo shared by a ship spotter on Monday.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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With thieves after potential copper used in charging equipment, ChargePoint started to look into a way to prevent would-be vandals from knocking more public charging stations offline.—
Sasha Lekach,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Under the cover of darkness, vandals targeted University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker’s Huntington Woods home, spraying antisemitic graffiti on his car and smashing his front window with a jar of urine.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
10 Dec. 2024
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After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town CT brewery closes a popular shoreline pub and restaurant location.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
20 Jan. 2025
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In Central Arkansas, East End Towing, located on Ironton Road in Little Rock, stayed busy through the night with 12 wreckers going around-the-clock, according to dispatcher Scott Bates, with over 200 calls for service between 7 a.m. and noon on Friday alone.—
Dale Ellis,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2025.
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