sabotage
English
/ˈsæbətɑʒ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from French sabotage.
Origin
French
sabotage
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisabotage English
- cybersabotage English
- sabotageable English
- sabotager English
- self-sabotage English
- Sabotage German
- sabotaggio Italian
- sabotage Dutch, Flemish
- autosabotage French
- sabotage French
- saboter French
- саботаж Russian
- sabotasje Norwegian Bokmål
- sabotage Swedish
- サボタージ Japanese
- サボタージュ Japanese
- sabotaż Polish
- sabotasje Norwegian Nynorsk
- sabotage Danish
- sabotáž Czech
- sabotatge Catalan, Valencian
- σαμποτάζ Greek (modern)