Complete Definition of "sabotage"

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English

Etymology
From F. #French|sabotage (verb is from the noun)

Noun
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  1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
  2. 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<ref name="JP102">JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.</ref>.

Translations
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Catalan: sabotatge
Chinese: ��破�
Esperanto: sabotado
Finnish: sabotaasi
French: #French|sabotage m
German: Sabotage f
Interlingua: sabotage
Hebrew: ����
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Norwegian: sabotasje
Russian: �або�аж
Spanish: sabotaje
Swedish: sabotage#Swedish|sabotage
Vietnamese: phá hoại
Volapük: sabotaj
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Verb
en-verb|sabotag|es

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

#:The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos

Translations
trans-top|deliberate destruction to prevent success
French: saboter
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German: sabotieren
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See also
terrorism


French

Etymology
saboter + -age

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. sabotage#English|sabotage

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-unc-irreg-n
sabotage n

  1. sabotage#English|sabotage

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