sabotage
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successfulTo deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
» This is sabotage.
Das ist Sabotage.
Это саботаж.
Это подрыв.
Це саботаж.
Meaning
1 sensesTo deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
Our plans were sabotaged.
sabotieren
саботироватьsabotirovatʹ
саботува́тиsabotuváty
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
Examples
78 sentencesThis is sabotage.
Це саботаж.
ruЭто саботаж.
deDas ist Sabotage.
That's one reason we suspect sabotage.
deUnter anderem deswegen vermuten wir Sabotage.
The police haven't ruled out sabotage.
Are you accusing Tom of sabotage?
Tom sabotaged the project.
Translations
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Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
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Forms
sabotages, sabotaging, sabotaged, sabotagedSynonyms
5 synonyms- destroy property or hinder normal operations:underminecounterminecounteractsubvertweaken
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle