sabotage
1. sab.o.tage \'sab-*-.ta:zh\ n [F, fr. saboter to clatter with sabots, botch, sabotage, fr. sabot] 1: destruction of an employer's property (as tools or materials) or the hin dering of manufacturing by discontented workmen 2: destructive or obstructive action carried on by a civilian or enemy agen t designed to hinder a nation's war effort 3: an act or process tending to hamper or hurt 2. sabotage vt : to practice sabotage on : WRECK, DESTROY