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
In addition to striking that meeting of captains, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate and special operations command may have sent saboteurs to blow up a critical railroad through Tokmak on Dec. 15, reportedly destroying a fuel train in the process and disrupting Russian logistics in the area.
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David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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
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David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
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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
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The destroyer was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The mural, which depicts Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano, the last two Italian survivors of Auschwitz, was defaced multiple times and even erased by vandals.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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For many liberals and radicals, beginning with Lord Byron, Elgin was a vandal who had committed sacrilege.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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 22 Feb. 2025.
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