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SABOTAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sabotage" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sabotage"):

bombing (the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists)

Derivation:

sabotage (destroy property or hinder normal operations)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy property or hinder normal operations

Example:

The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war

Synonyms:

counteract; countermine; sabotage; subvert; undermine; weaken

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "sabotage" is one way to...):

disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sabotage"):

derail (cause to run off the tracks)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

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