Definition of "sabotage" in English

noun

1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

verb

1. To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

   • The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
   • Our plans were sabotaged.