Definitions for sabotage
ˈsæb əˌtɑʒsab·o·tage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sabotageverb

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

2. sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weakenverb

   destroy property or hinder normal operations

   "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

GCIDERate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Sabotagenoun

   (a) Scamped work. (b) Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.2. any surreptitious destruction of property or obstruction of activity by persons not known to be hostile; -- in war, such actions carried out behind enemy lines by agents or local sympathisers of the hostile power.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sabotagenoun

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

2. sabotagenoun

   An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

3. sabotageverb

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

   The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos

4. Etymology: From sabotage (verb is from the noun)

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sabotage

   Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identities because of the consequences of their actions and to avoid invoking legal and organizational requirements for addressing sabotage.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sabotage

   Sabotage refers to the act of deliberately damaging, destroying, or obstructing something, typically for political or personal advantage. It can include actions aimed at disrupting operations, damaging property, or hindering the activities of an organization or individual. This action could be applied to various contexts, for instance, military, workplace, or cyber sabotage.

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Sabotage

   Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. In a workplace setting, sabotage is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in workplace conditions. One who engages in sabotage is a saboteur. As a rule, saboteurs try to conceal their identities because of the consequences of their actions.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sabotage

   An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

How to pronounce sabotage?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sabotage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sabotage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sabotage in a Sentence

1. Mohamad Mouhiye:

   First, close the doors of the evil embassy, which we consider a spy building and an operations room to administer and sabotage Iraq's well-being.

2. Sarah Koenig:

   When you are with Candy, she is energy, she has harnessed that energy and is doing so much with it to inspire others. The energy was always there, sometimes working for her, sometimes against her. But once she cleared the noise and eliminated the self-sabotage, she harnessed that energy and now uses it in ways that truly serve her community, herself, her clients, family, friends. It's a powerful, positive force.

3. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:

   The oil industry is the backbone of the Venezuelan economy, the U.S. empire for a long time ... has intended to sabotage the oil industry and defeat the (Venezuelan) government, in order to steal the oil.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   House Republicans' last-minute sabotage of an overwhelmingly bipartisan disaster relief bill is an act of staggering political cynicism, countless American families hit by devastating natural disasters across the country will now be denied the relief they urgently need.

5. Ramzan Kadyrov:

   Representatives of the so-called ... opposition are trying to profit from the difficult economic situation, such people need to be regarded as enemies of the people and traitors. They should be put on trial, with maximum severity, for sabotage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sabotage
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=sabotage
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sabotage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sabotage
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf