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sabotage

  • noun
  • /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/

A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

Related words

  • antisabotage
  • countersabotage
  • cybersabotage
  • cybotage
  • sabotageable
  • ecotage
  • self-sabotage
  • sabotagist

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