Which word could best replace agents without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Question

Enemy agents hacked into the electrical grid and caused the power outage.

Responses

embargoes
embargoes

edicts
edicts

saboteurs
saboteurs

partitions
partitions

Answer 1

The word that could best replace "agents" without changing the meaning of the sentence is "saboteurs."

So the revised sentence would read: "Enemy saboteurs hacked into the electrical grid and caused the power outage."