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diversant

diversant noun: a saboteur.

Noun

diversant (plural diversants)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A saboteur.
    • Yesterday a diversant group was caught in a region of Samarica. Their aim was poisoning a regional water system on the area of counties of Glina, Petrinja and Dvor na Uni. Arrested diversants had: sniper and automatic guns, bombs and 500 grams of poison.1991 July 20, Dusan Iricanin, “ustase and cetnici”, in soc.culture.yugoslavia (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022
    • Almost all territory of Chechnia is currenly cleaned. What's left - are separate groups of diversants, which will be eliminated during next several months.2000 March 6, DMY, “Looking through the propaganda from the war”, in alt.culture.chechnya (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

Forms of diversant

pluraldiversants

Origin of diversant

Borrowed from Russian диверсант (diversant) or Serbo-Croatian diverzant / диверзант.

Questions about diversant

What does diversant mean?
Diversant means a saboteur.
What part of speech is diversant?
Diversant is a noun.
What is the plural of diversant?
The plural of diversant is diversants.

Words near diversant in the dictionary

  1. divergolides
  2. divergon
  3. divergons
  4. diverless
  5. divers
  6. diversant
  7. diversants
  8. diversative
  9. diverse
  10. diversed
  11. diversely

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