Sabotage
/ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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. uncountable, usually
- 2 a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged wordnet
Verb
- 1 To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
"The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos."
- 2 destroy property or hinder normal operations wordnet
Example
More examples"Why did he dare sabotage the experiment?"
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.