despoiler

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Noun
  • Before the computer age, saboteurs had trouble calibrating and controlling the effects of their actions.
    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
Noun
  • The sheltering animals become a makeshift community of helpmates, but marauders onshore, and in the air, abound.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In the story, that turmoil included tsarist marauders that disturbed, or pogrommed, Jews.
    Dave Gordon, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Upon arriving at the house, the raiders were told by Mrs. Knoll that the only mash on the premises was that cooking on a small stove in the basement.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • What a week to revive a musical comedy about corporate raiders sabotaging the public good.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While waiting for a wrecker to arrive, the squad car was struck from behind by a black Mercedes sedan, according to the statement.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Kaga: Kure, Japan The Kaga, which is a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into an aircraft carrier, was spotted in Kure in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday, according to open-source data provided by the ship-tracking site MarineTraffic.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The destroyer was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Who didn't want to be like those kids going on adventures involving gangsters, pirate ships and best friends?
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This 31-gallon storage box is a tidy option at a great price right now, and this resin delivery box is an attractive pick for anyone who worries about porch pirates.
    Clint Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Despoiler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoiler. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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