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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