destructionist
/dɪˈstrʌkʃənɪst/
noun
- A person who deliberately causes damage or destruction, especially to property or systems.
- The company blamed a destructionist for the fire that destroyed the warehouse.
- Some critics called the protesters destructionists after they broke windows in the city center.
- The vandals were arrested and labeled as destructionists by the local newspaper.
- A person who advocates for the overthrow or dismantling of existing social, political, or economic structures.
- Historians describe the revolutionaries as destructionists who sought to tear down the old order.
- The radical group was known as a band of destructionists who wanted to abolish all government.
- In the debate, he argued that the reformers were actually destructionists in disguise.