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
Simon explored tensions between disbelief and faith, envisioned the Lord as both guardian and saboteur, and seldom arrived at definitive answers to his probing thoughts.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The intelligence service also warned that saboteurs may impersonate employees of groups like the Red Cross or United Nations.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Expect an urge to clean up your energetic hygiene, face your inner saboteur, and explore spiritual practices that are both ancestral and futuristic.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The intelligence service also warned that saboteurs may impersonate employees of groups like the Red Cross or United Nations.
—Eve Sampson, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Expect an urge to clean up your energetic hygiene, face your inner saboteur, and explore spiritual practices that are both ancestral and futuristic.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for saboteur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saboteur
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During one such mission last month, a Chinese coast guard ship collided with a Chinese navy destroyer as the two vessels pursued a Philippine supply convoy.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The law enforcement detachment aboard the destroyer boarded the Venezuelan craft and carried out a search that turned up no drugs, according to the official.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Following a community vigil Sunday night, vandals struck.—
Lorraine Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Early said that the victim took a picture of the alleged vandal, an act that appears to have escalated the confrontation.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Packers have the NFL’s youngest roster for a third straight year, a group of young, gifted players that might need a game-wrecker to get them over the hump.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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After a promising rookie campaign, Carter established himself as a true game-wrecker last season.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 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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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saboteur. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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