ruiner

noun

Definition of ruinernext
as in saboteur

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  1. saboteur
  2. wrecker
  3. waster
  4. destroyer
Noun
  • 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
Definition of saboteur
Noun
  • The story of its existence—never safe from the wrecker’s ball and once, in 1997, devastated by a fire so hot the tiles fell off—begins with railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt opening Grand Central Terminal in 1913, putting the Oyster Bar in its belly.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrecker
Noun
  • 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
  • California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of waster
Noun
  • Trump is stacking destroyers in some jobs that don't need Senate confirmation.
    Axios, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The navy would also need four submarines (including delaying one LA class retirement), three new destroyers, and three frigates to improve its flexibility for positioning maritime combat power, as well as six more logistics and support ships to keep the fleet at sea longer.
    Elaine McCusker, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyer
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