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monkey-wrenching

monkey-wrenching is the alternative form of monkeywrenching.

Meaning of monkeywrenching

Noun

monkeywrenching (uncountable)

  1. The commission of usually illegal but nonviolent acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
    • The solitary and relatively anonymous character of monkeywrenching gave that activity a peculiar role within the movement. To openly discuss specific actions was to invite arrest; in theory, Earth First!ers^([sic]) could not, therefore, discuss monkeywrenching activities in detail at their...1995, Martha F. Lee, Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 55
    Synonyms:
    ecodefence, ecotage

Questions about monkey-wrenching

What is monkey-wrenching the alternative form of?
Monkey-wrenching is the alternative form of monkeywrenching.

Words near monkey-wrenching in the dictionary

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

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