diversionist

Other forms: diversionists

Definitions of diversionist
  1. noun
    someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
    synonyms: saboteur, wrecker
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    types:
    sleeper
    a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
    type of:
    destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
    a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
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