Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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 sentences
  1. This is sabotage.

    Це саботаж. — deniko

    ruЭто саботаж. — corvard

    deDas ist Sabotage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. That's one reason we suspect sabotage.

    deUnter anderem deswegen vermuten wir Sabotage. — Waldelfe

  3. The police haven't ruled out sabotage.

  4. Are you accusing Tom of sabotage?

  5. Tom sabotaged the project.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction:
Русский
By meaning 1
deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

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Forms

plural: sabotages
Singularsabotage

uncountable

Word family

8 related words

See also

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