sabotage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

verb

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

/ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/ /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sabotage.wav /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/ /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/

sabotage sabotages sabotaging sabotaged

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

terrorism

self-sabotage antisabotage countersabotage cybersabotage cybotage ecotage sabotageable sabotagist unsabotaged

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