Meaning of sabotage in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

• 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.

verb

• To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

  Example: The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.