sabotage
sabo|tage /s'æbətɑːʒ/ (sabotages sabotaging sabotaged)
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest.
The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels.
[N-UNCOUNT]
Sabotage is also a noun.
The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful.
He accused the opposition of trying to sabotage the election...
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest.
The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels.
[N-UNCOUNT]
Sabotage is also a noun.
The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful.
He accused the opposition of trying to sabotage the election...