saboteur
/ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/
saboteur noun: a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
Noun
saboteur (plural saboteurs)
- A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
- The condemnation of 'Menshevizing idealists' and mechanists led to a flood of articles and dissertations whose authors echoed the party decrees and vied with one another in expressing indignation at the insidious plots of the philosophical saboteurs.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
- Synonyms:
- sabotageur
saboteur meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Arabic and Persian
saboteur in Bengali
- saboteur; subversive
- অন্তর্ঘাতী ontorghatī
saboteur in Kannada
- ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಕ, ದುರುದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಆಸ್ತಿಪಾಸ್ತಿಗೆ ಹಾನಿಮಾಡುವವ
saboteur in Arabic
- a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property
- مُخَرِّب muḵarrib
saboteur in Persian
- a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property
- خرابکار xarâbkâr, مخرب moxarreb
More languagesFewer languages
- saboteur in Thai
- ผู้ก่อวินาศกรรม
Synonyms of saboteur
Forms of saboteur
| plural | saboteurs |
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Origin of saboteur
Borrowed from French saboteur.
Words formed from saboteur
Questions about saboteur
- What does saboteur mean?
- Saboteur means a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
- What is saboteur in Bengali?
- Saboteur in Bengali is অন্তর্ঘাতী (ontorghatī). See Saboteur meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is saboteur?
- Saboteur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce saboteur?
- Saboteur is pronounced /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of saboteur?
- The plural of saboteur is saboteurs.
Words near saboteur in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: saboteur (page history and authors); অন্তর্ঘাতী (Bengali) (page history and authors); saboteur (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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