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Meaning: Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks Classified under: Nouns denoting people Synonyms: diversionist; saboteur; wrecker Hypernyms ("saboteur" is a kind of...): destroyer; ruiner; undoer; uprooter; waster (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saboteur"): sleeper (a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal)
Meaning: A member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader Classified under: Nouns denoting people Synonyms: fifth columnist; saboteur Hypernyms ("saboteur" is a kind of...): traitor; treasonist (someone who betrays his country by committing treason) Holonyms ("saboteur" is a member of...): fifth column; Trojan horse (a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst) "Starve a fever, feed a cold." (English proverb) "Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes." (Bulgarian proverb) "He who walks slowly arrives first." (Arabic proverb) "The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich."" (Corsican proverb) Useful links: What does treasonist mean? ruiner definition What does traitor mean? destroyer definition What does Trojan horse mean?
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