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monkey-wrenchers

monkey-wrenchers is the plural of monkey-wrencher.

Meaning of monkey-wrencher

Noun

monkey-wrencher (plural monkey-wrenchers)

  1. (slang) An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment.
    • Howie Wolke, an Earth First! founder and frequent monkey-wrencher, thought "conventional tactics" and "non-violent direct action" were worthwhile techniques for environmentalists.1989, Roderick Frazier Nash, The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 196

Questions about monkey-wrenchers

What is monkey-wrenchers the plural of?
Monkey-wrenchers is the plural of monkey-wrencher.

Words near monkey-wrenchers in the dictionary

  1. monkey-speak
  2. monkey-strap
  3. monkey-straps
  4. monkey-wrench
  5. monkey-wrencher
  6. monkey-wrenchers
  7. monkey-wrenches
  8. monkey-wrenching
  9. monkeyboard
  10. monkeyboards
  11. monkeycide

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