1. Malicious destruction, ruin, and disruptions that are deliberately caused, typically involving groups in conflict with each other: The enemy agent was arrested on charges of sabotage.
2. The act or process of deliberately destroying or damaging something so it doesn't work any more: Investigating officials have not ruled out sabotage as the cause of the crash of the passenger plane.
3. Etymology: from French saboter, "to produce poorly."

1. To incapacitate, to undermine, to destroy, or to subvert: The bad weather sabotaged Larry's vacation plans for the summer.

Frank is determined to sabotage a business deal because it would have resulted in the loss of too many jobs at his company.

2. Etymology: from French saboter, "to execute poorly." © ALL rights are reserved.

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