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sab⋅o⋅tage

  [sab-uh-tahzh, sab-uh-tahzh] noun, verb, -taged, -tag⋅ing.
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–noun
1. any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
2. any undermining of a cause.
–verb (used with object)
3. to injure or attack by sabotage.
Origin:
1865–70; < F, equiv. to sabot(er) to botch, orig., to strike, shake up, harry, deriv. of sabot sabot + -age -age

Synonyms:
3. disable, vandalize, cripple.
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sab·o·tage   (sāb'ə-täzh')   
n.  
  1. Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in time of war.
  2. Treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor; deliberate subversion.
tr.v.   sab·o·taged, sab·o·tag·ing, sab·o·tag·es
To commit sabotage against.

[French, from saboter, to walk noisily, bungle, sabotage, from sabot, sabot; see sabot.]
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