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
Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
Such surveillance systems will benefit law enforcement and counterterrorism efforts, but the proliferation of these same technologies will also undermine the ability of states to employ spies or saboteurs with anonymity.
—Sean P. Larkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
But this proves to be difficult, thanks to a mysterious saboteur on the hunt for a legendary treasure supposedly hidden on Isla Nublar.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
Superficial compliance is a dangerous saboteur of innovation.
—Loubna Noureddin, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
Such surveillance systems will benefit law enforcement and counterterrorism efforts, but the proliferation of these same technologies will also undermine the ability of states to employ spies or saboteurs with anonymity.
—Sean P. Larkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
But this proves to be difficult, thanks to a mysterious saboteur on the hunt for a legendary treasure supposedly hidden on Isla Nublar.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
Superficial compliance is a dangerous saboteur of innovation.
—Loubna Noureddin, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
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Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 long-range bombers, along with more destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, would be deployed to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that further destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be sent to the Middle East to deter Iran and its allies from conducting more attacks.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trumbull Trump supporter said vandals wrote 'Nazi,' drew swastikas on his truck 3.Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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At one point, unidentified vandals destroyed a plate-glass window at Lewis’s headquarters.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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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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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
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saboteur. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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