NOUN | act | sabotage | a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged |
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VERB | social | sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken | destroy property or hinder normal operations |
Sounds | sae'bahtaa.zh | |
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Rhymes | arbitrage ... raj: 13 rhymes with aazh... |
Meaning | A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. | |
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Narrower | bombing | The use of bombs for sabotage |
Broader | destruction, devastation | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
Spanish | sabotaje | |
Catalan | sabotatge | |
Verbs | sabotage | destroy property or hinder normal operations |
Meaning | Destroy property or hinder normal operations. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" | |
Synonyms | undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken | |
Narrower | derail | Cause to run off the tracks |
Broader | disobey | refuse to go along with |
Spanish | minar, sabotear, socavar, subvertir, trastornar | |
Catalan | minar, sabotejar, soscavar, subvertir | |
Nouns | sabotage | a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged |
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