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sabotage
sab·o·tage S0005200 (săb′ə-täzh′)n.1. The deliberate destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in a time of war.2. The deliberate attempt to damage, destroy, or hinder a cause or activity.tr.v. sab·o·taged, sab·o·tag·ing, sab·o·tag·es To damage, destroy, or hinder (something) by sabotage. [French, from saboter, to walk noisily, bungle, sabotage, from sabot, sabot; see sabot.]sabotage (ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ) n1. the deliberate destruction, disruption, or damage of equipment, a public service, etc, as by enemy agents, dissatisfied employees, etc2. any similar action or behaviourvb (tr) to destroy, damage, or disrupt, esp by secret means[C20: from French, from saboter to spoil through clumsiness (literally: to clatter in sabots)]sab•o•tage (ˈsæb əˌtɑʒ) n., v. -taged, -tag•ing. n. 1. deliberate damage of equipment, materials, etc., or underhand interference with production or work, as by employees during a trade dispute. 2. destruction of property or obstruction of public services, as to undermine a government or military effort. 3. any undermining of a cause, plan, or effort. v.t. 4. to injure or attack by sabotage. [1865–70; < French, <sabot(er) to botch, orig., to strike, shake up, derivative of sabot sabot] sabotageAn 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.sabotagedestruction of or damage to equipment, installations, etc, in an industrial context, as in a labor dispute, or in a military context, as in the action of partisan or resistance movements. — saboteur, n.See also: Warsabotage Past participle: sabotaged Gerund: sabotaging
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sabotage | sabotage |
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I sabotage | you sabotage | he/she/it sabotages | we sabotage | you sabotage | they sabotage |
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I sabotaged | you sabotaged | he/she/it sabotaged | we sabotaged | you sabotaged | they sabotaged |
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I am sabotaging | you are sabotaging | he/she/it is sabotaging | we are sabotaging | you are sabotaging | they are sabotaging |
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I have sabotaged | you have sabotaged | he/she/it has sabotaged | we have sabotaged | you have sabotaged | they have sabotaged |
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I was sabotaging | you were sabotaging | he/she/it was sabotaging | we were sabotaging | you were sabotaging | they were sabotaging |
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I had sabotaged | you had sabotaged | he/she/it had sabotaged | we had sabotaged | you had sabotaged | they had sabotaged |
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I will sabotage | you will sabotage | he/she/it will sabotage | we will sabotage | you will sabotage | they will sabotage |
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I will have sabotaged | you will have sabotaged | he/she/it will have sabotaged | we will have sabotaged | you will have sabotaged | they will have sabotaged |
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I will be sabotaging | you will be sabotaging | he/she/it will be sabotaging | we will be sabotaging | you will be sabotaging | they will be sabotaging |
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I have been sabotaging | you have been sabotaging | he/she/it has been sabotaging | we have been sabotaging | you have been sabotaging | they have been sabotaging |
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I will have been sabotaging | you will have been sabotaging | he/she/it will have been sabotaging | we will have been sabotaging | you will have been sabotaging | they will have been sabotaging |
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I had been sabotaging | you had been sabotaging | he/she/it had been sabotaging | we had been sabotaging | you had been sabotaging | they had been sabotaging |
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I would sabotage | you would sabotage | he/she/it would sabotage | we would sabotage | you would sabotage | they would sabotage |
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I would have sabotaged | you would have sabotaged | he/she/it would have sabotaged | we would have sabotaged | you would have sabotaged | they would have sabotaged | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damageddestruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer existsbombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists | Verb | 1. | sabotage - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"countermine, undermine, weaken, subvert, counteractderail - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"disobey - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
sabotageverb1. damage, destroy, wreck, undermine, disable, disrupt, cripple, subvert, incapacitate, vandalize, throw a spanner in the works (Brit. informal), sap the foundations of The main pipeline was sabotaged by rebels.2. disrupt, ruin, wreck, spoil, interrupt, interfere with, obstruct, intrude My ex-wife deliberately sabotages my access to the children.noun1. damage, destruction, wrecking, vandalism, deliberate damage The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.2. disruption, ruining, wrecking, spoiling, interference, intrusion, interruption, obstruction political sabotage of government policysabotagenounA deliberate and underhanded effort to defeat or do harm to an endeavor:subversion, undermining.verbTo damage, destroy, or defeat by sabotage:subvert, undermine.Translationssabotage (ˈsӕbətaːʒ) noun the deliberate destruction in secret of machinery, bridges, equipment etc, by eg enemies in wartime, dissatisfied workers etc. 陰謀破壞 阴谋破坏 verb to destroy, damage or cause to fail by sabotage. 蓄意破壞 蓄意破坏ˌsaboˈteur (-ˈtəː) noun a person who sabotages. The soldiers shot the three saboteurs. 從事破壞活動者 从事破坏活动者sabotage
sabotage [Fr., sabot=wooden shoe; hence, to work clumsily], form of direct actiondirect action, theory and methods used by certain labor groups to fight employers, capitalist institutions, and the state by direct economic action, without using intermediate organizations. ..... Click the link for more information. by workers against employers through obstruction of work and/or lowering of plant efficiency. Methods range from peaceful slowing of production to destruction of property. In 1897, French workers adopted sabotage as a general strategy. It was also used by the syndicalists (see syndicalismsyndicalism , political and economic doctrine that advocates control of the means and processes of production by organized bodies of workers. Like anarchists, syndicalists believe that any form of state is an instrument of oppression and that the state should be abolished. ..... Click the link for more information. ) and by the Industrial Workers of the World in the United States. It has been condemned by Communists and Socialists as counterrevolutionary because it often results in a wave of repressive measures. The term has also been used, notably by Thorstein VeblenVeblen, Thorstein , 1857–1929, American economist and social critic, b. Cato Township, Wis. Of Norwegian parentage, he spent his first 17 years in Norwegian-American farm communities. After studying at Carleton College and at Johns Hopkins, Yale (where he received a Ph.D. ..... Click the link for more information. , to refer to limitation of output by businessmen to enhance profits by maintaining scarcity of goods. In wartime it connotes nonmilitary enemy activity, by either foreign agents or native sympathizers, especially the physical damage of vital industries. See also guerrilla warfareguerrilla warfare [Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are ..... Click the link for more information. ; terrorismterrorism, the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. ..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See E. Pouget, Sabotage (1910, tr. 1913); S. B. Mathewson, Restriction of Output among Unorganized Workers (1931); E. Feit, Urban Revolt in South Africa, 1960–1964: A Case Study (1971). Sabotage (Russian, diversiia from the Latin diversio, deflection, distraction). (1) Subversive actions (arson, demolition) carried out by specially trained agents or groups in time of war or peace on the territory of a particular state or in territory occupied by an enemy for the purpose of weakening his economic and military strength and his morale. (2) Under Soviet criminal law, sabotage is an especially dangerous crime against the state (art. 5, Law on Criminal Responsibility for Crimes Against the State of 1958; art. 68, Criminal Code of the RSFSR). An act of sabotage is intended to cause substantial harm to the economic foundations of the state. It may be carried out either by destroying or damaging (by explosion, arson, or other methods) enterprises, structures, roads and means of transportation, means of communication, or other state or social property or by mass poisoning or the spreading of epidemics and epizootics for the purpose of weakening the Soviet state. It is punishable by deprivation of freedom for a term of eight to 15 years, with confiscation of property. In addition to the deprivation of freedom, exile for a term of two to five years may be prescribed. The deliberate destruction or damaging of state or social property, committed without the intention of weakening the Soviet state, is not considered sabotage and is treated as a crime against socialist property (art. 98, Criminal Code of the RSFSR). (3) In political writing the term “ideological sabotage” is applied to the provocative propaganda of imperialist states (by radio, television, or publications) directed against the socialist countries. V. I. KURLIANDSKII
Sabotage the deliberate disruption of any activity; the evasion of work or its deliberately careless execution. In Soviet criminal law, sabotage is the conscious failure to execute one’s defined duties or the deliberately careless performance of them for the purpose of weakening the Soviet state. Until 1958, Soviet law had a special norm establishing liability for sabotage. Under existing legislation, there is no provision for liability for sabotage as an independent crime, because there are practically no cases of sabotage in the USSR. Actions resembling sabotage are classified as wrecking and subversive actions. sabotage[′sab·ə‚täzh] (ordnance) Action by enemy agents or sympathizers with intent to stop or otherwise hinder a nation's war effort or to interfere with or obstruct the defense of a nation. sabotageThe deliberate damage to equipment or information. For example, website defacement is an example of information sabotage.MedicalSeeattackSabotage Related to Sabotage: SaboteursSabotageThe willful destruction or impairment of, or defective production of, war material or national defense material, or harm to war premises or war utilities. During a labor dispute, the willful and malicious destruction of an employer's property or interference with his normal operations. The objective of sabotage is to halt all production, rather than to destroy or imperil human life. The original act of sabotage is thought to have occurred not long after the introduction of machinery when someone slipped a workman's wooden shoe, called a sabot, into a loom in order to stop production. Sabotage is a crime. See SBTG See SBTGsabotage Related to sabotage: SaboteursSynonyms for sabotageverb damageSynonyms- damage
- destroy
- wreck
- undermine
- disable
- disrupt
- cripple
- subvert
- incapacitate
- vandalize
- throw a spanner in the works
- sap the foundations of
verb disruptSynonyms- disrupt
- ruin
- wreck
- spoil
- interrupt
- interfere with
- obstruct
- intrude
noun damageSynonyms- damage
- destruction
- wrecking
- vandalism
- deliberate damage
noun disruptionSynonyms- disruption
- ruining
- wrecking
- spoiling
- interference
- intrusion
- interruption
- obstruction
Synonyms for sabotagenoun a deliberate and underhanded effort to defeat or do harm to an endeavorSynonymsverb to damage, destroy, or defeat by sabotageSynonymsSynonyms for sabotagenoun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damagedRelated Words- destruction
- devastation
- bombing
verb destroy property or hinder normal operationsSynonyms- countermine
- undermine
- weaken
- subvert
- counteract
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