SABOTAGE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

sabotage (destroy property or hinder normal operations)

• SABOTAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sabotage    ... he / she / it sabotages   
Past simple: sabotaged   
Past participle: sabotaged   
-ing form: sabotaging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy property or hinder normal operations

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

counteract; countermine; sabotage; subvert; undermine; weaken

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

Derivation:

sabotage (a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged)

 Context examples 

The current study reveals that viperin catalyzes the conversion of a nucleotide called CTP (cytidine triphosphate) into a structurally similar compound, or analog: the nucleotide ddhCTP — a previously undescribed molecule that sabotages viral replication.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)