spoiling tacticnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈspɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌtæk.tɪk//ˈspɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌtæk.tɪk/an action or plan that is intended to spoil or stop what someone else is doing or planning:
She hit out at the spoiling tactics of a group of MPs who deliberately caused a parliamentary bill to fail.
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- sour
- tell on sb
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Preventing and impeding