Get to know Saboteur better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like wrecker or traitor.
Saboteur meaning
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
Synonyms of Saboteur
Using Saboteur
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
- Useful related words include: wrecker, traitor, fifth columnist, uprooter.
- In the example corpus, saboteur often appears in combinations such as: the saboteur.
Context around Saboteur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saboteur
- In this selection, "saboteur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inner, career, hunt, group, villain and 1942 stand out and add context to how "saboteur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hunt saboteur group had and a snarling saboteur villain to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saboteur" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saboteur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur. (8 words)
The saboteur could even be bringing chaos with a pre-programmed drone. (12 words)
He really turned him from a snarling saboteur villain to this bumbling insulting kook. (14 words)
The time traveling saboteur in “Rosa” seeks only to impede a great moment in Civil Rights history, knowing that inaction alone might be enough to set back the cause of racial equality decades, maybe even forever. (36 words)
Whitman Books published three hardcover novels aimed at young readers: The Affair of the Gunrunners' Gold and The Affair of the Gentle Saboteur by Brandon Keith, and The Calcutta Affair by George S. Elrick. (34 words)
The judge's lawyers complained in court that a hunt saboteur group had later published online a photo of him posing for a nude charity calendar in 2007. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Do not let your inner saboteur make you feel you are not good enough because your grades aren’t the same.
The truth is that your biggest career saboteur is often someone you wouldn’t expect who can be harsher than any external force—YOU.
The judge's lawyers complained in court that a hunt saboteur group had later published online a photo of him posing for a nude charity calendar in 2007.
The saboteur could even be bringing chaos with a pre-programmed drone.
The time traveling saboteur in “Rosa” seeks only to impede a great moment in Civil Rights history, knowing that inaction alone might be enough to set back the cause of racial equality decades, maybe even forever.
A group of psychics is sent to investigate a group of rival psychics, but several of them are apparently killed by a saboteur's bomb.
He really turned him from a snarling saboteur villain to this bumbling insulting kook.
One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur.
These often involved innocent civilians being caught up in international conspiracies or webs of saboteurs on the home front, as in Saboteur (1942).
The twelfth American season featured a saboteur, who entered the house to wreak havoc with tasks suggested by viewers.
While physical destruction as a method is self-explanatory, its targets are nuanced, reflecting objects to which the saboteur has normal and inconspicuous access in everyday life.
Whitman Books published three hardcover novels aimed at young readers: The Affair of the Gunrunners' Gold and The Affair of the Gentle Saboteur by Brandon Keith, and The Calcutta Affair by George S. Elrick.
Common combinations with saboteur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: