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диверса́нт — meaning in English

diversant

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English meaning

  • diversionist noun One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
  • saboteur noun Someone who deliberately damages or disrupts property, plans, or operations to harm an opponent.
  • sleeper noun Someone who is sleeping.

Senses

диверса́нт is used for these senses in English:

  • diversionist One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
  • saboteur A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
  • sleeper A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.

diversionist — full definition

  1. noun One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
  2. noun A person who deviates politically.

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