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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 wrench in the works
  2. monkey wrencher
  3. monkey wrenchers
  4. monkey wrenches
  5. monkey wrenches in the works
  6. monkey wrenching
  7. monkey's allowance
  8. monkey's bread
  9. monkey's breads
  10. monkey's dinner bell
  11. monkey's fist

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