Meaning of nation wrecker | Babel Free

Definitions

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

derogatory, informal

Examples

“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?”

“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”

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

“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.”

“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?”

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

“Self-determination for indigenous peoples is seen as a potential "nation-wrecker" with the ability to violate a state's claims to absolute sovereignty and political unity.”

“"I was born and bred in Kumasi. I have lived with the Zongo people over the years and know a lot of them very well. We are one people," the President said, and added that anybody who wanted to separate the two groups was a nation-wrecker who should be shunned.”

“Genuine education is the surest antidote to ignorance, that proverbial mind-killer and nation-wrecker.”

“Blind imitation is wrecking the nation. Which are you deciding for? Would you be a nation builder or a nation wrecker?”

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