This is sabotage.
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Sabotage
//ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ//
Synonyms for "sabotage" (129 found)
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Strong matches (39)
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2 entriesTranslations
155 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sabotim noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Arabic
3 entries- أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- تَخْريب noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- تَخْرِيب noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Armenian
4 entries- դիվերսիա noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- խափանարարություն noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- նենգադուլ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- սաբոտաժ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Asturian
1 entries- sabotaxe noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- diversiya noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- təxribat noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Belarusian
4 entries- дыве́рсія noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- дывэ́рсія noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- сабата́ж noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- шко́дніцтва noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- диве́рсия noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- сабота́ж noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- възпрепятствам verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- саботирам verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Catalan
2 entries- sabotatge noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotejar verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 破壞 /破坏 verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 破壞 /破坏 noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- 蓄意破壞 /蓄意破坏 noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- 破壞 /破坏 verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Czech
2 entries- sabotáž noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotovat verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Danish
1 entries- sabotage noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Dutch
2 entries- sabotage noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- saboteren verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Esperanto
2 entries- sabotado noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- saboti verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Estonian
1 entries- sabotaaž noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Finnish
2 entries- sabotaasi noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotoida verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
French
2 entries- sabotage noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- saboter verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Friulian
1 entries- sabotaç noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Galician
2 entries- sabotaxe noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotar verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Georgian
2 entries- დივერსია noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- საბოტაჟი noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
German
2 entries- Sabotage noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotieren verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Greek
1 entries- δολιοφθορά noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Hebrew
1 entries- חַבָּלָה noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Hindi
2 entries- अंतर्ध्वंस noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- तोड़-फोड़ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Hungarian
1 entries- szabotázs noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Icelandic
1 entries- skemmdarverk noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Indonesian
1 entries- sabotase noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Interlingua
1 entries- sabotar verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِخْلال noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- تَخْریب noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- خَرابْکاری noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- سابوتاژ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Irish
1 entries- sabaitéireacht noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Italian
2 entries- sabotaggio noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotare verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Japanese
3 entries- サボタージ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- サボタージュ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- 破壊活動 noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Kazakh
4 entries- бүлдірушілік noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- диверсия noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- зияндық noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- зиянкестік noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Khmer
4 entries- វិច្ឆេទកម្ម noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- អនត្ថការ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- ធ្វើអនត្ថការ verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- រារាំង verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Korean
2 entries- 방해공작 noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- 사보타주 noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- диверсия noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- зыянкечтик noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- кыянатчылык noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- саботаж noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Lao
1 entries- ວິນາດສະກຳ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Latin
1 entries- surruō verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Latvian
1 entries- sabotāža noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sabotažas noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Macedonian
1 entries- сабота́жа noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Malay
1 entries- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Māori
1 entries- kōpeka verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sabotasje noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بالطهلامق verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Pashto
3 entries- خرابکاري noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- سبوتاژ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- ورانکاري noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Piedmontese
1 entries- sabotagi noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Polish
4 entries- dywersja noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotaż noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- szkodzenie noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotować verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Portuguese
2 entries- sabotagem noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotar verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Romanian
4 entries- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotare noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- subminare noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabota verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Russian
4 entries- вреди́тельство noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- диве́рсия noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- сабота́ж noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- саботировать verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sabotáža noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- сабота́жа noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotírati verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- саботи́рати verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Slovak
1 entries- sabotáž noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Slovene
1 entries- sabotáža noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Spanish
2 entries- sabotaje noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotear verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Swahili
1 entries- hujuma noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Swedish
2 entries- sabotage noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotera verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Tagalog
2 entries- sabotahe noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- manabotahe verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Tajik
4 entries- вайронкорӣ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- диверсия noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- коршиканӣ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- тахрибкорӣ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Thai
1 entries- วินาศกรรม noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Turkish
4 entries- baltalama noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- tahribat noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- baltalamak verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Turkmen
2 entries- diwersiýa noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotaž noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Ukrainian
4 entries- диве́рсія noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- сабота́ж noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- шкідни́цтво noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- саботува́ти verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Urdu
3 entries- تَخْرِیب کاری noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- سَبوتاژ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- سَبُو تاژ noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Uyghur
1 entries- بۇزغۇنچىلىق noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Uzbek
4 entries- diversiya noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- qoʻporuvchilik noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotaj noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- zararkunandalik noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
Vietnamese
4 entries- sự phá hoại noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- lãn công verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- phá hoại verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- phá hại verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Welsh
3 entries- difrod noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- difrodi verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
- tanseilio verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
West-Frisian
2 entries- sabotaazje noun (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
- sabotearje verb (deliberately destruct to prevent success)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Why did he dare sabotage the experiment?
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Are you accusing Tom of sabotage?
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Sabotage was suspected.
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