sabotage
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone or preventing them from being…A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
» This is sabotage.
Das ist Sabotage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Это саботаж. — corvard
Это подрыв. — corvard
Це саботаж. — deniko
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
Sabotage
сабота́жsabotáž, вреди́тельствоvredítelʹstvo, диве́рсияdivérsija
сабота́жsabotáž, шкідни́цтвоškidnýctvo, диве́рсіяdyvérsija
a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
Examples
78 sentencesThis is sabotage.
Це саботаж. — deniko
ruЭто саботаж. — corvard
deDas ist Sabotage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That's one reason we suspect sabotage.
deUnter anderem deswegen vermuten wir Sabotage. — Waldelfe
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
plural: sabotages| Singular | sabotage |
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uncountable
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable