Etymology

sabotage

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French sabotage
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  1. French · borrowed fromsabotage
  2. English todaysabotage

Unadapted borrowing from French sabotage.

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