"sabotage" meaning in English

See sabotage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsæbətɑʒ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sabotage.wav [UK] Forms: sabotage [canonical], sabotages [third-person, singular], sabotaged [past], sabotaged [past, participle], sabotaging [present, participle]
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  1. If a building, event, etc. are sabotaged, they are damaged so that they can't work properly.
    Sense id: simple-sabotage-en-verb-nPEa5KXB
     
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