SABOTAGE


Meaning of SABOTAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sæbətɑ:ʒ ]

( sabotages, sabotaging, sabotaged)

1.

If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged , it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest.

The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

Sabotage is also a noun.

The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful.

He accused the opposition of trying to sabotage the election...

VERB : V n

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