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Sabotage

//ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    destroy property or hinder normal operations wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

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