SABOTAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does sabotage mean?
• SABOTAGE (noun)
The noun SABOTAGE has 1 sense:
1. a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
Familiarity information: SABOTAGE used as a noun is very rare.
• SABOTAGE (verb)
The verb SABOTAGE has 1 sense:
1. destroy property or hinder normal operations
Familiarity information: SABOTAGE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SABOTAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sabotage" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sabotage"):
bombing (the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists)
• SABOTAGE (verb)
Meaning:
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
countermine; sabotage; undermine; subvert; weaken; counteract
Context example:
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Hypernyms (to "sabotage" is one way to...):
disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sabotage"):
derail (cause to run off the tracks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
