sabotage
🇺🇸
/ˈsæbətɑːʒ/
🇬🇧
/ˈsæbətɑːʒ/
noun
R
The intentional damaging of something to make it not work properly.
Someone's act of sabotage stopped the factory machines from working.
R
When someone stops something from being successful on purpose.
The attempt at sabotage against the new project failed.
verb
R
To deliberately harm something so it doesn't work properly.
They tried to sabotage the bridge to slow down the enemy.
R
To intentionally prevent something from being successful.
They did everything to sabotage the deal, but it still went through.
translation
The intentional damaging of something to make it not work properly.; When someone stops something from being successful on purpose.
To deliberately harm something so it doesn't work properly.; To intentionally prevent something from being successful.
Word Forms
3rd Present
sabotages
Progressive
sabotaging
Past
sabotaged
Perfect
sabotaged
Plural
sabotages