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Sabotage Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Sabotage has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The technician discovered that someone had deliberately sabotaged the server room by cutting the main power cables, causing the entire system to crash."

2

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

"The spies managed to sabotage the bridge by cutting its support cables right before the opposing army arrived."

Verb
1

destroy property or hinder normal operations

"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

2

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

"The rival company tried to sabotage our product launch by spreading false rumors about its safety features."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
destruction disobey
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bombing derail
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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