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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"
Sabotage definition: any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.. See examples of SABOTAGE used in a sentence.
Sabotage isn't very nice: It's when you ruin or disrupt something by messing up a part of it on purpose. Loosening the blades on your competitor's ice skates would definitely be considered sabotage.
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 [ 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.
noun. /ˈsæbətɑːʒ/ [uncountable] the act of doing deliberate damage to equipment, transport, machines, etc. to prevent an enemy from using them, or to protest about something. an act of economic/military/industrial sabotage. Police investigating the train derailment have not ruled out sabotage. They conducted a campaign of economic sabotage.
4 days ago · Sabotage is the deliberate damage or destruction of equipment or property which belongs to your enemy or opponent.
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.
