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 acknowledging the legitimate concerns driving resistance, providing high-quality tools, nurturing AI champions, and clearly communicating about AI, marketing leaders can turn potential saboteurs into enthusiastic adopters.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Doug Gordon, a Democratic strategist, said the image of Musk as a government saboteur is a potent one.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
These subtle saboteurs cost you credibility and clients daily, but fixing them takes minutes rather than months.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Doug Gordon, a Democratic strategist, said the image of Musk as a government saboteur is a potent one.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
These subtle saboteurs cost you credibility and clients daily, but fixing them takes minutes rather than months.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
Noun
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It was joined by the Chinese Type 055 destroyer CNS Nanchang and the Type 052D destroyer CNS Qiqihar, both identified by their hull numbers.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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But another enemy suicide plane crashed into the destroyer, causing a huge explosion that rolled the ship on its starboard side and sank it within 50 seconds.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The big picture: No one was hurt in the fire, which marked the third time since 2017 that vandals had targeted the New Mexico GOP offices.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
30 Mar. 2025
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That same year, a vandal at the Tate Modern in London deliberately defaced Rothko’s 1958 painting Black on Maroon (1958) with graffiti.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Graham is that good, a game wrecker on the interior of the defensive line who offers a special blend of quickness, strength and intelligence.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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State police asked motorists to avoid the area as crews worked to use a wrecker to remove the tractor-trailer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 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 Jun. 2025.
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