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SABOTEUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Synonyms:
fifth columnist; saboteur
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
Synonyms:
diversionist; saboteur; wrecker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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)
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