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sabotage Noun 1. the deliberate destruction or damage of equipment, for example by enemy agents or dissatisfied employees 2. deliberate obstruction of or damage to a cause or effort Verb [-taging, -taged] to destroy or disrupt by sabotage [French] sabotage destruction of or damage to equipment, installations, etc, in an industrial context, as in a labor dispute, or in a military context, as in the action of partisan or resistance movements. — saboteur, n. See also: War
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sabotage verb 1. damage, destroy, wreck, undermine, disable, disrupt, cripple, subvert, incapacitate, vandalize, throw a spanner in the works Brit. (informal) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources. Translationsvt → sabotear vt → saboter (plan, meeting) → sabotieren vt → sabotare |
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This man no longer condemned Bert, himself muttering vaguely of dynamite, end sabotage, and revolution. Martin had insisted that the requirement for hired help was over; however, in despair over his wife's determined sabotage, it was Martin himself who commanded that the girl be reinstated for another two months. |
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