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sabotage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/ (General-American)
• /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

cybersabotage · countersabotage · sabotagist · self-sabotage · antisabotage · saboteur · cybotage · sabotageable · ecotage

Translations (117)

sv sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fi sabotaasi (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ro sabotare (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ky диверсия (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ka დივერსია (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ko 방해공작 (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fr sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fa-ira خَرابْکاری (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · acw تَخْريب (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ps ورانکاري (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hy դիվերսիա (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ko 사보타주 (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ru сабота́ж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hi तोड़-फोड़ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · de Sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tg коршиканӣ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · lo ວິນາດສະກຳ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk саботаж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · lt sabotažas (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · he חַבָּלָה (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uz zararkunandalik (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk бүлдірушілік (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sh sabotáža (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · bg сабота́ж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ja 破壊活動 (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hy խափանարարություն (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ur سَبُو تاژ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ka საბოტაჟი (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sk sabotáž (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uk диве́рсія (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · pl dywersja (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tg диверсия (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · be дыве́рсія (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sh сабота́жа (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · az diversiya (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ar تَخْرِيب (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fy sabotaazje (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ur سَبوتاژ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tg вайронкорӣ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uk шкідни́цтво (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fa-ira اِخْلال (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tg харобкорӣ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ru диве́рсия (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fa-ira تَخْریب (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · es sabotaje (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · el δολιοφθορά (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · lv sabotāža (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ja サボタージ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · nb sabotasje (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ky зыянкечтик (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ja サボタージュ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uz diversiya (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ro subminare (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · pms sabotagi (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ky саботаж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uz sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uk сабота́ж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sl sabotáža (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sq sabotim (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · be сабата́ж (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · it sabotaggio (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · id sabotase (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ug بۇزغۇنچىلىق (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ro sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · vi sự phá hoại (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fa-ira سابوتاژ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk қаскүнемдік (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tr baltalama (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ur تَخْرِیب کاری (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · da sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · mk сабота́жа (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tg тахрибкорӣ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tr tahribat (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · pl szkodzenie (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · et sabotaaž (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ga sabaitéireacht (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · be шко́дніцтва (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · km អនត្ថការ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ru вреди́тельство (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · is skemmdarverk (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tr sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kmr sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tk diwersiýa (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · eo sabotado (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · gl sabotaxe (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hy նենգադուլ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk зиянкестік (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ar أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk диверсия (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · cmn 蓄意破壞 /蓄意破坏 (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ky кыянатчылык (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · cmn 破壞 /破坏 (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ast sabotaxe (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · pl sabotaż (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ca sabotatge (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tl sabotahe (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · bg диве́рсия (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hy սաբոտաժ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · nl sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ps سبوتاژ (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · kk зияндық (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · sw hujuma (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · fur sabotaç (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hi अंतर्ध्वंस (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ps خرابکاري (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · be дывэ́рсія (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · az sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · hu szabotázs (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · tk sabotaž (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · cy difrod (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · th วินาศกรรม (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · km វិច្ឆេទកម្ម (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · uz qoʻporuvchilik (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · az təxribat (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · pt sabotagem (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · cs sabotáž (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) · ms sabotaj (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)

sabotage en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌsæb.əˈtɑʒ/ (General-American)
• /sæ.bɒˈtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsæ.bɒˌtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

Meanings

1. To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
   • The only amusing highlight was Gudgeon having managed to exploit U.S. codebreaking efforts to ambush and destroy the submarine I-173, albeit not for the lack of the Mark 14's trying to sabotage the effort, as the torpedo that had hit the sub had refused to detonate; it seemed, however, that the car-crash levels of kinetic energy involved in the dud simply ramming the sub had nonetheless done enough to fatally damage it. 2021 December 29, Drachinifel, 21:03 from the start, in The USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Dark Year (Dec'41 - Dec'42), archived from the original on 19 Jul 2022:
   • Our plans were sabotaged.
   • Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history. 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:
   • The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
   • The Hedjaz Railway is best known for its connections to T. E. Lawrence, whose fame as "El Orens", the railway wrecker, spread quickly throughout Arabia. He arrived at Yenbo in December, 1916, and immediately started his campaign to sabotage the railway, but to keep it sufficiently in working order to allow supplies to reach Medina. 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 166-167:

Forms

Deriveds

self-sabotage · unsabotaged

Relateds

terrorism

Translations (38)

yue 破壞 /破坏 (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · eo saboti (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · tr baltalamak (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · it sabotare (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · nl saboteren (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · ia sabotar (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · cy difrodi (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · be сабатава́ць (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · cmn 破壞 /破坏 (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · km ធ្វើអនត្ថការ (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · vi lãn công (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · uk саботува́ти (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · ca sabotejar (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · ru саботировать (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · tl manabotahe (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · vi phá hoại (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · cs sabotovat (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · tr sabote etmek (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · cy tanseilio (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · bg възпрепятствам (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · pt sabotar (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · sv sabotera (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · sh саботи́рати (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · mi kōpeka (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · ota بالطهلامق (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · fr saboter (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · sh sabotírati (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · km រារាំង (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · fy sabotearje (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · la surruō (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · fi sabotoida (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · de sabotieren (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · ro sabota (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · bg саботирам (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · gl sabotar (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · vi phá hại (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · es sabotear (deliberately destruct to prevent success) · pl sabotować (deliberately destruct to prevent success)