A strategy designed to obstruct or prevent the success of a project, opponent, etc.
the home side, frustrated by the Wasps' strong defence, resorted to spoiling tactics
Example sentencesExamples
- In that time they used every cynical spoiling tactic in the book to both disrupt and wind the Arsenal players up and knock them out of their stride.
- Now perhaps all the counties can get back to playing good open football and forget about the over-reliance on spoiling tactics and team huddles.
- But it must also be said that Hussein's spoiling tactics may have suited him but ruined the entertainment for the capacity crowd.
- Unable to win widespread support, they are reduced to spoiling tactics.
- We probably lost that final because we tried to play too much football while they employed a lot of spoiling tactics.
- He was apparently taken aback when the right-wing, anti-tax, anti-welfare elites of eastern Europe attacked him for his spoiling tactics at the summit.
- Crucially, Burke struck early to thwart those spoiling tactics.
- It wouldn't surprise anyone to learn that the company's arch-rival might be planning such a spoiling tactic.
- There isn't much Pearce hasn't seen in his 20 years in the game and he wasn't about to condemn Sheffield for their spoiling tactics.
- The spoiling tactics used by both fighters caused the fight to be dour and untidy.