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
Before the computer age, saboteurs had trouble calibrating and controlling the effects of their actions.
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Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
The deployment of roughly 10 NATO vessels under the Baltic Sentry mission is intended to deter acts of sabotage and enhance the likelihood of quickly intercepting any saboteurs, YLE reported.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Allied officials say some of the ailing ships are doubling as low-tech saboteur vessels.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
The reality show challenges faithful contestants to identify a number of secret saboteurs among them in an effort to win a cash prize.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
The deployment of roughly 10 NATO vessels under the Baltic Sentry mission is intended to deter acts of sabotage and enhance the likelihood of quickly intercepting any saboteurs, YLE reported.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Allied officials say some of the ailing ships are doubling as low-tech saboteur vessels.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
The reality show challenges faithful contestants to identify a number of secret saboteurs among them in an effort to win a cash prize.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
Noun
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During the test, the destroyer USS Pinckney fired a simulated Standard Missile-6 upgraded missile at a medium-range ballistic missile target, which was equipped with a hypersonic target vehicle for testing and defeating hypersonic threats, according to the press release.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Sailors on the destroyer USS Carney were awarded combat medals after shooting down 14 Houthi drones that attacked them at sea in December 2023.—
The Editors,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The agency has offered a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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In July 2022, while The Pryde was under construction, vandals painted hate speech around the building, including threats to burn it down.—
Riley Robinson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Mar. 2025
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If Williams becomes a game wrecker and perennial Pro Bowler in New England and the Panthers’ defensive reinforcements fail to move the needle, Monday might be remembered most for the one that got away.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Ryles is a leader and 5-foot-3 game wrecker whose 29 points gave the Baltimore native 87 over three games this week.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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