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Noun: sabotage  'sa-bu,taazh
  1. A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
    "The sabotage of the factory's machinery halted production for weeks"
Verb: sabotage  'sa-bu,taazh
  1. Act to reduce, damage or destroy the effectiveness, power or stability of something
    "The Resistance sabotaged railway operations during the war";
    - undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken

Derived forms: sabotaging, sabotages, sabotaged

Type of: destruction, devastation, disobey

Encyclopedia: Sabotage