nation wrecker

plural nation wreckers · alternative nation-wrecker

1. derogatoryinformalgeopoliticsA malicious agent or other influence that destabilizes or destroys a nation or civilization.

   You are a lawyer, a Reverend minister, and a nation wrecker.

   1989, Adu Otutei, The Cross & The Beast of The South, page 190

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   On the one side I see the builders of this country on foundations tried and true. On the other side are those engaged in the cheerful exercise of tearing down. I put the question to you: Are you going to be a nation-builder or a nation-wrecker?

   1920, Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, The Saskatchewan Co-operative News, Volumes 5-7, page 4

   The nation-wrecker Olympius was a fanatic "Catholic", as the followers of the dictatorial Church of Rome were called--one of his actions had been to dismiss all non-catholics from all services of the state

   1959, Reuven Ben Arje-Lev, Halicha Ladror - The History of All the Great Liberation Movements, of the Jewish Spirit which Created Them, of Modern Civilization and of the New Israel, page 113

   The years 1949-55 thus gradually revealed Sukarno not just as the nation builder, but as the nation-wrecker.

   1964, Willard Anderson Hanna, Eight Nation Makers, page 60

   He was called a saboteur, a nation-wrecker, and many other Party words, and then in the end, since he would not stop his talk of justice, he was taken by the police to Accra.

   1968, Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born - A Novel, page 112

   and many more of their disreputable ilk, why isn't his visa lifted and this nation-wrecker sent back to where he came from and post haste?

   1972, Pennsylvania State University (publisher), Grain & Feed Journals/Farm Service Centers - Volume 129, page 2