sabotage
noun
any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
sabotaged
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past participleof sabotage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sabotage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sabotagenounany underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
Example Sentences
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Africa's largest oil producer has increased production in recent years in part by cracking down on theft while also hiring former militants who sabotaged pipelines to act as security.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Debbie Kwon, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, had to overcome bureaucrats and colleagues who sabotaged her attempts to recruit engineering talent and apply AI to MRI technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
According to police, the suspect is believed to have sabotaged the payment system via a cyber attack, getting the system to authorise his transaction after entering only one cent as the charged amount.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Grantham’s latest bearish case is that U.S. stocks could be sabotaged this year by an overheated IPO market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
From the three sabotaged machines, the payloads veered sideways, arcing towards the barrage from the other three onagers.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
