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.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» This is sabotage.
Das ist Sabotage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Это саботаж. — corvard
Это подрыв. — corvard
Це саботаж. — deniko
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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. — 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
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
See also
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