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sabotage definition

sabo·tage (sab′ə täz̸h′, sab′ə täz̸h′)

noun

  1. intentional destruction of machines, waste of materials, etc., as by employees during labor disputes
  2. destruction of railroads, bridges, machinery, etc., as by enemy agents or by an underground resistance
  3. the deliberate obstruction of or damage to any cause, movement, activity, effort, etc.

Etymology: Fr < saboter, to work badly, damage < sabot: see sabot & -age: from damage done to machinery by wooden shoes

transitive verb sabotaged -·taged′, sabotaging -·tag′·ing

to injure or destroy by sabotage

intransitive verb

to engage in sabotage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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