sabotagen.

/ˈsabətɑːʒ/

Etymology: French, < saboter to make a noise with sabots, to perform or execute badly, e.g. to ‘murder’ (a piece of music), to destroy wilfully (tools, machinery, etc.), < sabot : see sabot n. and -age suffix.

The malicious damaging or destruction of an employer's property by workmen during a strike or the like; hence gen. any disabling damage deliberately inflicted, esp. that carried out clandestinely in order to disrupt the economic or military resources of an enemy. Also transferred, figurative, and attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action > secretly

mining1645

undermining1904

sabotage1910

sabotaging1923

white-anting1930

monkeywrenching1983

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > sabotage

Morganization1902

sabotage1910

sabotaging1923

monkeywrenching1983

1910 Church Times 11 Nov. 631/2 We have lately been busy in deploring the sabotage of the French railway strikers.

1916 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Oct. A shearing rouseabout,..charged..with having written a letter to Senator Lynch, threatening him and certain other Labour politicians and employers of Australia with acts of sabotage.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 528 Sabotage, wanton destruction of property to embarrass or injure an enemy; such as the smashing of machinery, flooding of mines, burning of wheat and grain, destroying fruit and provisions, dynamiting reservoirs and aqueducts, tying up railroads, etc.

1920 Glasgow Herald 26 June 7 Forces are at work in Germany for the sabotage of the Treaty.

1923 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable Sabotage, wilful and malicious destruction of tools, plant, machinery, materials, etc., by discontented workmen or strikers. The term came into use after the great French railway strike of 1912, when the strikers cut the shoes (sabots) holding the railway lines.

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 959/2 When the colliers meditated a strike he gave them sound, worldly wise advice concerning the danger to their own interests of destructive acts and sabotage.

1931 W. Martyn Scarlett Murder iv. 53 He was in that mood of smouldering rage which only sabotage would slake.

1948 N.Y. Jrnl. American (Sunday Mail ed.) 9 May 1/5 Berger and Dasch gave..‘full and complete’ identification of all connected with the sabotage plot.

1955 Times 27 Aug. 6/7 These were the most considerable sabotages of telephone lines which have yet occurred in this area.

1958 Spectator 20 June 791/3 The most recent attack on him has been for cultural sabotage.

1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 22 July 1/4 The border flare-up began on July 12, the radio said, when a four-man Libyan sabotage squad was arrested after crossing the border armed with machineguns and explosives.

1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network vii. 86 Langlois had led six-man teams on fifteen sabotage missions.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 11 a/5 The PLO has provided guns and sabotage devices to its IRA friends.

Derivatives

ˈsabotage v. (transitive) to ruin, destroy, or disable deliberately and maliciously (frequently by indirect means).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > gradually or secretly

undergoc1000

minec1422

undercreepa1440

cankera1450

undermine1565

cankerfret1585

sap1711

honeycomb1821

white-ant1905

submarine1917

sabotage1918

undercut1955

monkeywrench1986

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > sabotage

spike-bozzle1915

sabotage1918

monkeywrench1983

1918 New Appeal (Girard, Kansas) 7 Dec. 1/2 Testimony..that the companies are sabotaging the government.

1920 Glasgow Herald 20 Aug. 7 When the miners threaten to sabotage the commerce of the country struggling to get back to pre-war prosperity.

1921 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 335 The blockade by Czecho-Slovakia and other Succession States..has hindered essential materials from reaching Budapest, and so sabotaged Hungarian industries.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 303 Technically speaking it [sc. the atonal school] sabotaged the moribund romantic tradition.

1941 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 24/1 The fireworks bill..was passed by the Senate tonight..despite eleventh-hour attempts to sabotage it or delay enactment.

1975 Times 14 Jan. 14/3 [Michael Foot] defended the social contract and weighed into the press for sabotaging it.

ˈsabotaging n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action > secretly

mining1645

undermining1904

sabotage1910

sabotaging1923

white-anting1930

monkeywrenching1983

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > sabotage

Morganization1902

sabotage1910

sabotaging1923

monkeywrenching1983

1923 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 4 The sabotaging of the Dual Monarchy, the revolt of the Yugoslav troops, [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sabotage
释义	sabotagen. /ˈsabətɑːʒ/ Etymology: French, < saboter to make a noise with sabots, to perform or execute badly, e.g. to ‘murder’ (a piece of music), to destroy wilfully (tools, machinery, etc.), < sabot : see sabot n. and -age suffix. The malicious damaging or destruction of an employer's property by workmen during a strike or the like; hence gen. any disabling damage deliberately inflicted, esp. that carried out clandestinely in order to disrupt the economic or military resources of an enemy. Also transferred, figurative, and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action > secretly mining1645 undermining1904 sabotage1910 sabotaging1923 white-anting1930 monkeywrenching1983 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > sabotage Morganization1902 sabotage1910 sabotaging1923 monkeywrenching1983 1910 Church Times 11 Nov. 631/2 We have lately been busy in deploring the sabotage of the French railway strikers. 1916 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Oct. A shearing rouseabout,..charged..with having written a letter to Senator Lynch, threatening him and certain other Labour politicians and employers of Australia with acts of sabotage. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 528 Sabotage, wanton destruction of property to embarrass or injure an enemy; such as the smashing of machinery, flooding of mines, burning of wheat and grain, destroying fruit and provisions, dynamiting reservoirs and aqueducts, tying up railroads, etc. 1920 Glasgow Herald 26 June 7 Forces are at work in Germany for the sabotage of the Treaty. 1923 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable Sabotage, wilful and malicious destruction of tools, plant, machinery, materials, etc., by discontented workmen or strikers. The term came into use after the great French railway strike of 1912, when the strikers cut the shoes (sabots) holding the railway lines. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 959/2 When the colliers meditated a strike he gave them sound, worldly wise advice concerning the danger to their own interests of destructive acts and sabotage. 1931 W. Martyn Scarlett Murder iv. 53 He was in that mood of smouldering rage which only sabotage would slake. 1948 N.Y. Jrnl. American (Sunday Mail ed.) 9 May 1/5 Berger and Dasch gave..‘full and complete’ identification of all connected with the sabotage plot. 1955 Times 27 Aug. 6/7 These were the most considerable sabotages of telephone lines which have yet occurred in this area. 1958 Spectator 20 June 791/3 The most recent attack on him has been for cultural sabotage. 1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 22 July 1/4 The border flare-up began on July 12, the radio said, when a four-man Libyan sabotage squad was arrested after crossing the border armed with machineguns and explosives. 1978 T. Allbeury Lantern Network vii. 86 Langlois had led six-man teams on fifteen sabotage missions. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 11 a/5 The PLO has provided guns and sabotage devices to its IRA friends. Derivatives ˈsabotage v. (transitive) to ruin, destroy, or disable deliberately and maliciously (frequently by indirect means). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > gradually or secretly undergoc1000 minec1422 undercreepa1440 cankera1450 undermine1565 cankerfret1585 sap1711 honeycomb1821 white-ant1905 submarine1917 sabotage1918 undercut1955 monkeywrench1986 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > sabotage spike-bozzle1915 sabotage1918 monkeywrench1983 1918 New Appeal (Girard, Kansas) 7 Dec. 1/2 Testimony..that the companies are sabotaging the government. 1920 Glasgow Herald 20 Aug. 7 When the miners threaten to sabotage the commerce of the country struggling to get back to pre-war prosperity. 1921 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 335 The blockade by Czecho-Slovakia and other Succession States..has hindered essential materials from reaching Budapest, and so sabotaged Hungarian industries. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 303 Technically speaking it [sc. the atonal school] sabotaged the moribund romantic tradition. 1941 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 24/1 The fireworks bill..was passed by the Senate tonight..despite eleventh-hour attempts to sabotage it or delay enactment. 1975 Times 14 Jan. 14/3 [Michael Foot] defended the social contract and weighed into the press for sabotaging it. ˈsabotaging n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action > secretly mining1645 undermining1904 sabotage1910 sabotaging1923 white-anting1930 monkeywrenching1983 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > sabotage Morganization1902 sabotage1910 sabotaging1923 monkeywrenching1983 1923 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 4 The sabotaging of the Dual Monarchy, the revolt of the Yugoslav troops, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1910
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