Definition of sabotage

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sab·o·tage

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) KEY

NOUN:

Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in time of war.
Treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor; deliberate subversion.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
sab·o·taged, sab·o·tag·ing, sab·o·tag·es

To commit sabotage against.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, from saboter, to walk noisily, bungle, sabotage, from sabot, sabot ; see sabot

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