despoiler

noun

Definition of despoilernext
1
as in robber

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2
as in desecrator

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoiler
  1. saboteur
  2. marauder
  3. waster
  4. raider
  5. wrecker
  6. destroyer
  7. pirate
Noun
  • Next year when January 6 insurrectionists and election saboteurs like Tina Peter are pardoned and election deniers and their silent enablers assume cabinet posts and leadership of powerful congressional committees, try not to be cynical.
    Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Poland’s national prosecutor’s office said the saboteurs’ goal was to test sending parcels that would ultimately be sent to the U.S. and Canada.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of saboteur
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  • As was the case in the Middle Ages, unemployed former mercenaries often turn into marauders, preying on the weak to survive and wreaking havoc on ordinary citizens.
    Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
  • Finding clean water is challenging, marauders roam the land, and some of the humans who remain have resorted to unthinkable behaviour, like cannibalism.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of marauder
Noun
  • Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
  • California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of waster
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  • There are seven factions to choose from including undead space raiders, killer clowns and cybernetic marauders.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • But after her vault is invaded by raiders and her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan) is kidnapped by Lee Moldaver — also known as the Flame Mother — she’s forced to brave the surface for the first time to find him.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of raider
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  • The story of its existence—never safe from the wrecker’s ball and once, in 1997, devastated by a fire so hot the tiles fell off—begins with railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt opening Grand Central Terminal in 1913, putting the Oyster Bar in its belly.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrecker
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  • Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 long-range bombers, along with more destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, would be deployed to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that further destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be sent to the Middle East to deter Iran and its allies from conducting more attacks.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of destroyer
Noun
  • It was enacted during a time when pirates were kidnapping ambassadors from France, and was meant to promote goodwill on behalf of America.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The vibe: Themes of fairs have expanded into pirate and celtic territory, like Gasparilla Pirate Fest in Florida and Pikes Peak Celtic Festival in Colorado.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of pirate
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