sabotage

Plural: sabotages

Noun

• a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
• 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

Verb Forms: sabotaged, sabotaging, sabotages

• To deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct.
• destroy property or hinder normal operations
  • "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
• To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

Examples

• His opponent tried to sabotage his triple-word opportunity by blocking the key square.
• Our plans were sabotaged.
• The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.

Synonyms

counteract, countermine, subvert, undermine, weaken

Related Words

terrorism

Anagrams of sabotage