SABOTAGE


Meaning of SABOTAGE in English

(~s, sabotaging, ~d)

1.

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

The main pipeline supplying water was ~d by rebels.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

Sabotage is also a noun.

The bombing was a spectacular act of ~.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

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

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

VERB: V n

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