sabotage
(noun) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations; “The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sabotage (usually uncountable, plural sabotages)
A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
(military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.
sabotage (third-person singular simple present sabotages, present participle sabotaging, simple past and past participle sabotaged)
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sa`bo`tage", n. [F.] (a) Scamped work. (b) Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
