sabotage
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sabotage
- /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ UK
- /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/ UK
- /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/ UK, uncommon
- /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/ US
- /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/ US
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.
noun sabotages
- 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.
verb sabotages · sabotaging · sabotaged
- To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful. The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: undermine, subvert, counteract, weaken, countermine, subversive, subversion, undermining, vandalism, disruption, thwart, annihilate, spoil, destruction, demolish, havoc
Translations
Every language
noun deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction
| Español | sabotaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사보타주 sabotaju, 방해공작 banghaegongjak |
| 日本語 | 破壊活動 hakai katsudō, サボタージュ sabotāju, サボタージ sabotāji |
| 中文 | 蓄意破壞 /蓄意破坏 xùyì pòhuài, 破壞 /破坏 pòhuài |
| हिन्दी | तोड़-फोड़ toṛ-phoṛ, अंतर्ध्वंस antardhvans |
| Kiswahili | hujuma |
| Português | sabotagem |
| Français | sabotage |
| Deutsch | Sabotage |
| Italiano | sabotaggio |
| Ελληνικά | δολιοφθορά doliofthorá |
| Română | sabotaj, sabotare, subminare |
| Русский | сабота́ж sabotáž, вреди́тельство vredítelʹstvo, диве́рсия divérsija |
| Tiếng Việt | sự phá hoại |
| العربية | أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya, تَخْرِيب taḵrīb |
| עברית | חַבָּלָה khabalá |
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title = {sabotage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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