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- DictionarySab·o·tage/ˈsabəˌtäZH/
verb
- 1. deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage: "power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces"
noun
- 1. the action of sabotaging something: "a coordinated campaign of sabotage"
noun [ U ] us / ˈsæb.ə.tɑːʒ / uk / ˈsæb.ə.tɑːʒ /. the act of damaging or destroying equipment, weapons, or buildings in order to prevent the success of an enemy or competitor: a campaign of industrial sabotage. The sabotage of 20 oil pipelines threatens a new surge in fuel prices.
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur.
noun. a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. see more. verb. destroy property or hinder normal operations. “The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war” synonyms: counteract, countermine, subvert, undermine, weaken. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˌsæbəˈtɑʒ/ UK. /ˈsæbətɒʒ/ Cite this entry. Style:
(military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources. Wiktionary. Synonyms: treason. overthrow. demolition. subversion
2 days ago · 1. verb [usually passive] If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest . The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: damage, destroy, wreck, undermine More Synonyms of sabotage. Sabotage is also a noun .
Sabotage, wanton destruction of property to embarrass or injure an enemy; such as the smashing of machinery, flooding of mines, burning of wheat and grain, destroying fruit and provisions, dynamiting reservoirs and aqueducts, tying up railroads, etc. E. S. Farrow, Dictionary of Military Terms 528. 1920.
to damage or destroy something in order to prevent an enemy from using it: Rebels sabotaged the roads and bridges. sabotage verb [T] (PREVENT SUCCESS) to spoil someone's plans or efforts in order to prevent them from being successful: She tried to sabotage my chances of getting the job. sabotage. noun [ U ] an act of sabotage.
