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sabotage

/ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/noun, verb3 syllables

Sabotage means: destroy property or hinder normal operations.

Synonyms for sabotage5

verb, as in destroy property or hinder normal operations

undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken

What does sabotage mean?2

verb

1

destroy property or hinder normal operations“The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war”

noun

1

a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Sabotage in a sentence

  • Why do you think this could be sabotage?Amastan
  • Damiano revealed that that was an act of sabotage.Amastan
  • He used devious tactics to sabotage the race.Miktsoanit
  • Ninjas were also experts in espionage and sabotage.rul
  • The prosperity gospel is a sabotage against Christianity.Ivanovb
  • She knew they were going to sabotage her, but she had no way to stop them.Just_Balls
  • Why did he dare sabotage the experiment?mervert1
  • Sami was trying to sabotage the machine.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sabotage

as a noun

plural
sabotages

as a verb

past tense
sabotaged
present participle
sabotaging
third-person singular
sabotages
past participle
sabotaged