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sabotage1 verbsabotage2 noun sabotagesab‧o‧tage1 /ˈsæbətɑːʒ/ verb [transitive]   VERB TABLEsabotage |
| Present | I, you, we, they | sabotage | | he, she, it | sabotages | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sabotaged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sabotaged | | he, she, it | has sabotaged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sabotaged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sabotage | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sabotaged |
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| Present | I | am sabotaging | | he, she, it | is sabotaging | | you, we, they | are sabotaging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was sabotaging | | you, we, they | were sabotaging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sabotaging | | he, she, it | has been sabotaging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sabotaging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sabotaging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sabotaging |
- Her father sabotaged her acting ambitions by refusing to let her go to drama school.
- Mitchell accused the party of trying to sabotage his campaign.
- Security lighting was sabotaged before the theft took place.
- The attack is being seen as a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace talks.
- The plane's landing gear had been sabotaged.
- The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
- Because it can not cope with so many messages, its only recourse is to sabotage the airwaves themselves.
- Executives said there can be no compensation because the well was sabotaged, something community leaders reluctantly acknowledged.
- Gesner was obviously determined to sabotage the whole Season.
- Some smashing clips were sabotaged by the usual sloppy Watchmaker research.
- The first attempt, in 1960, was sabotaged by the wife-stabbing.
► damage to cause physical harm to something or someone, or have a bad effect on them: · Several buildings were damaged by the earthquake.· The other car wasn’t damaged.· The scandal could damage his career. ► harm to have a bad effect on something: · They use chemicals that will harm the environment.· The oil crisis could harm the economy. ► spoil to have a bad effect on something and make it less successful, enjoyable, useful etc: · We didn’t let the rain spoil our holiday.· Local people say the new buildings will spoil the view. ► vandalize to deliberately damage buildings, vehicles, or public property: · All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized. ► sabotage to secretly damage machines or equipment so that they cannot be used, especially in order to harm an enemy: · There is evidence that the airplane was sabotaged. ► tamper with something to deliberately and illegally damage or change a part of something in order to prevent it from working properly: · The car’s brakes had been tampered with. ► desecrate to damage a church or other holy place: · The church had been desecrated by vandals. ► deface to deliberately spoil the appearance of something by writing on it, spraying paint on it etc: · Someone had defaced the statue and painted it bright orange. to damage something deliberately► vandalize also vandalise British to deliberately damage buildings, vehicles, or public property: · All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized.· No-one is really sure why people vandalize their own neighbourhoods. ► smash up British to deliberately damage a room or building by breaking windows, furniture etc: smash something up: · They didn't only rob the house, they smashed it up too.smash up something: · About 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail.smash the place up: · Some of the men got drunk and smashed the place up. ► trash especially American, informal to cause a lot of damage to a thing or place, either deliberately or by using it carelessly: · That kid of yours has trashed my VCR.trash the place spoken (=cause a lot of damage to a room or building): · Dad says it's OK to have the party here, as long as we don't trash the place. ► sabotage to secretly damage machines or equipment so that they cannot be used, especially in order to harm an enemy: · The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.· Security lighting was sabotaged before the theft took place. ► tamper with to deliberately and illegally damage or change a part of something in order to prevent it from working properly: · Someone had tampered with the lock on my door.· After the accident, police discovered that the car's brakes had been tampered with. ► deface to deliberately spoil the appearance of something by writing on it, spraying paint on it etc: · Several of the gravestones had been defaced and were impossible to read.deface something with something: · The Central Bank issued a statement warning against defacing bank notes with what it called "indecent expressions". ► desecrate to damage a church or other holy place: · The church had been desecrated by vandals.· Most of the Egyptian tombs were desecrated and robbed. to spoil someone's work or plans► spoil · Don't let me spoil your plans.· This scandal could spoil the Senator's chances of becoming President.· We were going to get married, but then war broke out and spoiled everything.spoil something for somebody · Starting a family so soon would definitely spoil her career prospects for her. ► ruin to completely spoil what someone has been trying to do: · Surely you don't want to ruin all our good work, do you?· Serious in-fighting ruined the Conservatives' chances of winning the election. ► mess up informal to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned: mess up something: · The travel agents messed up the arrangements and there was no room for us at the hotel.mess something up: · We secretly organized a party for her, but then Bill messed everything up by telling her about it. ► undermine to spoil something that has taken a long time to develop: · The kidnappings undermined several months of delicate peace negotiations.· The US was accused of undermining international efforts to combat global warming. ► screw up informal to completely spoil something such as a plan, especially by doing something stupid: · Someone screwed up and what was supposed to be a confidential email was copies to everyone in the company.screw something up: · I can't trust you to do anything right can I? You always manage to screw things up.screw up something: · There was no way he was going to allow her to screw up his plans. ► sabotage to deliberately spoil someone's plans or arrangements because you do not want them to succeed: · Her father sabotaged her acting ambitions by refusing to let her go to drama school.· The attack is being seen as a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace talks. ► throw a spanner in the works British /throw a monkey wrench in/into something American informal to unexpectedly do something that prevents a plan or process from continuing or succeeding: · "He won't lend us the money after all.'' "Well, that's really thrown a spanner in the works, hasn't it?''· The President's veto threw a wrench into a program that had already been approved by a big majority of the Congress. ► pour cold water on to spoil someone's plan, suggestion, or attitude towards something, by saying something that makes it seem less attractive or less likely to succeed: · Her mother had poured cold water on the whole idea of Eva going to Africa.· The committee's final report, just published, pours cold water on government proposals for helping the unemployed. VERB► try· When the war was lost, even the hotheads did not try to sabotage the peace. 1to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used:  Every single plane had been sabotaged.► see thesaurus at damage2to deliberately spoil someone’s plans because you do not want them to succeed: Demonstrators have sabotaged the conference.sabotage1 verbsabotage2 noun sabotagesabotage2 noun [uncountable] sabotage2Origin: 1800-1900 French saboter ‘to walk along noisily, do work badly, sabotage’, from sabot ‘wooden shoe’ - Armed soldiers patrol the airbase to guard against sabotage.
- The rebels stopped their sabotage of the power distribution network.
- Ditto with the sabotage of an Amtrak train near Phoenix six months later.
- Experts believed the crash to be due to pilot error, and sabotage was virtually ruled out of the investigation.
- I do not believe his sabotage notion for one moment.
- If there is no scientific mystery, then sabotage is the only explanation.
- The amnesty did not include those accused of offences relating to drugs, murder, economic sabotage or armed robbery.
- Their acts of blockade and sabotage had been only sporadic: their chief action was simply to be there.
- They wore army fatigues and played brooding games of gin rummy, listening to dull rumbles from the sabotage site.
- What if Everett's putative murderer had been the intended victim of sabotage rather than its practitioner?
► acts of sabotage The terrorists were planning acts of sabotage to destabilize the country. ADJECTIVE► economic· The amnesty did not include those accused of offences relating to drugs, murder, economic sabotage or armed robbery.· The judge described their crimes as a campaign of economic sabotage.· You conducted a campaign of economic sabotage. deliberate damage that is done to equipment, vehicles etc in order to prevent an enemy or opponent from using them: The terrorists were planning acts of sabotage to destabilize the country. industrial sabotage |