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sabotage
[ sab-uh-tahzh, sab-uh-tahzh ]
noun
- 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.
- any undermining of a cause.
sabotage
/ ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ /
noun
- the deliberate destruction, disruption, or damage of equipment, a public service, etc, as by enemy agents, dissatisfied employees, etc
- any similar action or behaviour
verb
- tr to destroy, damage, or disrupt, esp by secret means
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- un·sabo·taged adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sabotage1
C20: from French, from saboter to spoil through clumsiness (literally: to clatter in sabots)
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Example Sentences
"Anytime I got close to a woman," he said, his parents "would sabotage the relationship."
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Clodio wears a dress — because he insists, “Revenge is best in a dress” — and giddily kicks his feet in manic joy as he sabotages things.
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Acts can range from organising sabotage to, in this case, priming a bomb.
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They are often deployed during elections to sabotage polling booths or to assert control over areas.
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Former Green minister Lorna Slater said she had no choice but to delay the plans, accusing Conservative ministers at Westminster of sabotage.
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