(~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
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Sabotage is also a noun.
The bombing was a spectacular act of ~.
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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