act+of+sabotage

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• act of sabotage — act of malicious damage or disruption …   English contemporary dictionary

• Sabotage — For other uses, see Sabotage (disambiguation). Saboteur redirects here. For other uses, see Saboteur (disambiguation). Not to be confused with cabotage, the transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country. Sabotage is a… …   Wikipedia

• sabotage — n. 1) to commit sabotage 2) an act of sabotage * * * [ sæbətɑːʒ] an act of sabotage to commit sabotage …   Combinatory dictionary

• sabotage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberate ▪ economic, industrial ▪ They conducted a campaign of economic sabotage. ▪ computer, pipeline …   Collocations dictionary

• sabotage — I UK [ˈsæbətɑːʒ] / US [ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ] noun [uncountable] 1) deliberate damage that is done to the property of an enemy or opponent Was the explosion an act of sabotage? 2) things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a… …   English dictionary

• sabotage — sab|o|tage1 [ sæbə,taʒ ] noun uncount 1. ) deliberate damage done to the property of an enemy or opponent: Was the explosion an act of sabotage? 2. ) things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a plan or process… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sabotage — [[t]sæ̱bətɑːʒ[/t]] sabotages, sabotaging, sabotaged 1) VERB: usu passive If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest. [be V ed] The main pipeline supplying… …   English dictionary

• sabotage — 1. noun the fire may have been an act of sabotage Syn: vandalism, wrecking, destruction, impairment, incapacitation, damage; subversion, obstruction, disruption, spoiling, undermining; informal a (monkey) wrench in the works 2. verb they were… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• act — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing that sb does ADJECTIVE ▪ charitable, kind ▪ heroic, selfless ▪ a heroic act of bravery ▪ aggressive …   Collocations dictionary

• sabotage —    (SAH boh tahzh) [French, from saboter: to botch] Willful or malicious damaging of materials or machinery, or the disruption of production (e.g., in a factory) by hostile agents or dissatisfied employees; any attempt to disable, cripple, or… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• sabotage — 1 verb (T) 1 to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used: Every single fighter plane had been sabotaged. 2 to deliberately spoil someone s plans because you do not want… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English