What is another word for sabotage?
763 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈabətˌɑːʒ], [ sˈabətˌɑːʒ], [ s_ˈa_b_ə_t_ˌɑː_ʒ]
Sabotage is a term used to describe an act of intentionally damaging, destroying, or obstructing something to cause harm or failure. There are several synonyms for the word sabotage, including subvert, undermine, disrupt, hinder, obstruct, impede, damage, and interfere. Subverting refers to undermining a system, plan, or institution from within, while undermining implies weakening the foundation to cause a breakdown. Disrupting involves interrupting the normal flow or functioning of something, and hindering means impeding or slowing down. Similarly, obstructing refers to blocking or hindering progress, and impeding refers to slowing down progress. In contrast, causing damage or interfering mean physically or intentionally causing harm or interruption to something.
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Similar words for sabotage:
- act (noun)
- counteract (noun)
- countermine (noun)
- disobedience (noun)
- harm (noun)
- insubordination (noun)
- mischief (noun)
- sabotage (noun)
- subversion (noun)
- destroy (verb)
- disable (verb)
- harm (verb)
- incapacitate, damage (verb)
- subvert (verb)
- undermine (verb)
- wreck (verb)
- demolition
- destroy
- disable
- insubordination
- noun
- weaken
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Sabotage:
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n.
• act • counteract • countermine • disobedience • harm- banefulnesses ,
- deleteriousnesses ,
- dis service ,
- dis services ,
- dis-service ,
- dis-services ,
- marrings ,
- mis chance ,
- mis chances ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-chance ,
- mis-chances ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- noxiousnesses ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages ,
- perniciousnesses ,
- sinfulnesses ,
- wear tear .
- in subordination ,
- in subordinations ,
- in-subordination ,
- in-subordinations ,
- non compliance ,
- non compliances ,
- non cooperation ,
- non cooperations ,
- non-compliances ,
- non-cooperations ,
- noncooperations .
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v.
• destroy- blots out ,
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- swallowed up ,
- swallows up .
- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis enable ,
- dis enabled ,
- dis enables ,
- dis enabling ,
- dis qualified ,
- dis qualifies ,
- dis qualify ,
- dis qualifying ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- dis-enable ,
- dis-enabled ,
- dis-enables ,
- dis-enabling ,
- dis-qualified ,
- dis-qualifies ,
- dis-qualify ,
- dis-qualifying ,
- disenabled ,
- disenables ,
- disenabling ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitated ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- kiboshed ,
- kiboshing ,
- put out action ,
- puts out action ,
- puts out of action ,
- putting out action ,
- putting out of action ,
- rendered incapable ,
- rendering incapable ,
- renders incapable ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- threw monkey wrench in ,
- throwing monkey wrench in ,
- throws monkey wrench in ,
- un brace ,
- un braced ,
- un braces ,
- un bracing ,
- un fit ,
- un fits ,
- un fitted ,
- un fitting ,
- un strengthen ,
- un strengthened ,
- un strengthening ,
- un strengthens ,
- un-brace ,
- un-braced ,
- un-braces ,
- un-bracing ,
- un-fit ,
- un-fits ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-fitting ,
- un-strengthen ,
- un-strengthened ,
- un-strengthening ,
- un-strengthens ,
- unbraces ,
- unbracing ,
- unstrengthening ,
- unstrengthens .
- did violence to ,
- didst violence to ,
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis serve ,
- dis served ,
- dis serves ,
- dis serving ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- dis-serve ,
- dis-served ,
- dis-serves ,
- dis-serving ,
- does violence to ,
- doest violence to ,
- doeth violence to ,
- doing violence to ,
- dost violence to ,
- doth violence to ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- ill treat ,
- in commode ,
- in commodes ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-commode ,
- in-commodes ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- out raged ,
- out raging ,
- out-raged ,
- out-raging ,
- zinged .
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- re verse ,
- re versing ,
- re-verse ,
- re-versed ,
- top pled ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- ate away ,
- clip one wings ,
- clip ones wings ,
- clipped one wings ,
- clipped one's wings ,
- clipped ones wings ,
- clipped wings ,
- clipping one wings ,
- clipping one's wings ,
- clipping ones wings ,
- clipping wings ,
- clips one wings ,
- clips one's wings ,
- clips ones wings ,
- clips wings ,
- digged out ,
- digging out ,
- digs out ,
- dug out ,
- ex cavate ,
- ex-cavate ,
- hollowed out ,
- hollowing out ,
- hollows out ,
- knocked bottom out of ,
- knocked the bottom out of ,
- knocking bottom out of ,
- knocking the bottom out of ,
- knocks bottom out of ,
- knocks the bottom out of ,
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- under cut ,
- under cuts ,
- under cutting ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-cut ,
- under-cuts ,
- under-cutting ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- whittled away ,
- whittles away ,
- whittling away .
- be ached ,
- be aching ,
- be-ached ,
- be-aching ,
- put out commission ,
- puts out commission ,
- puts out of commission ,
- putting out commission ,
- putting out of commission ,
- ran aground ,
- running aground ,
- runs aground ,
- smashed up ,
- smashes up ,
- smashing up ,
- takes apart ,
- tare up ,
- tears up ,
- wracked up ,
- wracking up ,
- wracks up .
Other synonyms:
- cave in ,
- corrosion ,
- depredation ,
- dereliction ,
- destruction ,
- detriment ,
- devastation ,
- disrepair ,
- fragmentation ,
- implosion ,
- prevention ,
- putrefaction ,
- spoilage ,
- undermining ,
- wear and tear .
- breakage ,
- demolition ,
- detonation ,
- discouragement ,
- harm ,
- inhibition ,
- paralysis ,
- rupture ,
- subversion .
- obstruction ,
- stoppage .
- ill .
- trail .
Other relevant words:
- Beaching ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Illtreat ,
- Shipwrecking ,
- Stranding ,
- Winging ,
- actioned ,
- actioning ,
- clip one's wings ,
- clip wings ,
- destroy ,
- dig out ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- disable ,
- do violence to ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- eat away ,
- eating away ,
- eats away ,
- hollow out ,
- ill-treat ,
- knock bottom out of ,
- knock the bottom out of ,
- maltreat ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- pile up ,
- piled up ,
- piles up ,
- poke full of holes ,
- put out of commission ,
- run aground ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- shipwreck ,
- shipwrecks ,
- smash up ,
- subvert ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- tear up ,
- tearing up ,
- took apart ,
- tore up ,
- torn up ,
- up set ,
- vandalize ,
- whittle away ,
- wrack up ,
- wreck ,
- wrenching ,
- zinging .
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- axe ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- exterminates ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- liquidate ,
- over turn ,
- ravaged ,
- swallow up ,
- swallowing up ,
- torn down ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing .
- Pinioning ,
- Unstrengthened ,
- disenable ,
- hogtie ,
- immobilize ,
- pinion ,
- pinioned ,
- pinions ,
- put out of action ,
- render incapable ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- took out ,
- unbrace ,
- unbraced ,
- unfits ,
- unfitted ,
- unfitting ,
- unstrengthen .
- Bouleversement ,
- Counterwork ,
- DO ,
- Demolishment ,
- Destroying ,
- Hobbling ,
- Incapacitation ,
- Maiming ,
- Oppilative ,
- Razzia ,
- Ruinousness ,
- abolition ,
- abrogation ,
- abuse ,
- antagonise ,
- antagonize ,
- attack ,
- awkward ,
- baffle ,
- baffling ,
- balk ,
- bankruptcy ,
- become weaker ,
- bewitch ,
- blast ,
- blemish ,
- block ,
- blue ruin ,
- bollix ,
- brave ,
- break ,
- breakdown ,
- bring down ,
- bugger ,
- cave ,
- challenge ,
- checkmate ,
- circumvent ,
- compensate ,
- condemn ,
- conflict ,
- confound ,
- confront ,
- contrary ,
- contravene ,
- convulsion ,
- counter ,
- counterbalance ,
- countercheck ,
- countermand ,
- countervail ,
- crab ,
- crack-up ,
- cripple ,
- crippling ,
- cross ,
- cumbersome ,
- curse ,
- damn ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dash ,
- de-energize ,
- de-escalate ,
- debilitate ,
- deface ,
- defacement ,
- defeat ,
- defy ,
- demolish ,
- demoralise ,
- deplete ,
- derail ,
- destabilize ,
- deterioration ,
- devastate ,
- devitalize ,
- dilapidation ,
- disablement ,
- discomfit ,
- disconcert ,
- discountenance ,
- dish ,
- disobey ,
- disrupt ,
- disruption ,
- disturb ,
- do in ,
- doom ,
- downfall ,
- drain ,
- elude ,
- encroachment ,
- encumber ,
- enervate ,
- enfeeble ,
- erode ,
- extirpation ,
- extraction ,
- fail ,
- fall ,
- flummox ,
- foil ,
- folly ,
- frustrate ,
- gum up ,
- hamper ,
- hamstring ,
- handicap ,
- hex ,
- hinder ,
- honeycomb ,
- hors de combat ,
- hurt ,
- hurting ,
- impair ,
- impairment ,
- impede ,
- inactivate ,
- inactivation ,
- incapacitate ,
- incendiarism ,
- inconvenient ,
- indiscretion ,
- infringement ,
- inhibit ,
- injury ,
- inroad ,
- insubordination ,
- interfere ,
- jinx ,
- kibosh ,
- lame ,
- lessen ,
- loss ,
- louse up ,
- maim ,
- mayhem ,
- meddlesome ,
- melt ,
- mess with ,
- mine ,
- mischief ,
- misdirect ,
- mitigate ,
- molestation ,
- mollify ,
- mutilation ,
- neutralize ,
- nonplus ,
- obstruct ,
- obstructive ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- perplex ,
- pervert ,
- prankster ,
- prohibitive ,
- prostration ,
- put ,
- queer ,
- rascality ,
- rashness ,
- ravage ,
- reduce ,
- resist ,
- retard ,
- road to ruin ,
- roguery ,
- ruination ,
- sacrifice ,
- sap ,
- scathe ,
- scotch ,
- screw up ,
- set back ,
- shenanigan ,
- sickening ,
- slow ,
- soften ,
- spike ,
- spoil ,
- spoiling ,
- stonewall ,
- stump ,
- stupidity ,
- subversiveness ,
- suppression ,
- thoughtlessness ,
- threaten ,
- throw a monkey wrench into ,
- thwart ,
- topple ,
- trammel ,
- treachery ,
- troublesome ,
- unaccommodating ,
- uncooperative ,
- undo ,
- unfit ,
- upheaval ,
- upset ,
- vandalise ,
- vandalism ,
- weakening ,
- wing ,
- wound ,
- wreckage ,
- wrecking .
- evil .
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How to use "Sabotage" in context?
Sabotage is a term used to describe the deliberate act of interfering with or obstructing normal operations or processes with the intent to unintended destructive or harmful consequences. It most often refers to the use of destructive or disabling agents or methods with the goal of halting an enemy's offensive or strategic capabilities.
Paraphrases for Sabotage:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
sabotaging.
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Interjection
sabotaged.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
breaches.
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Noun, singular or mass
breach, destabilization, disruption.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
damage, devastation, subversion.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Sabotage:
- sapotaceae, soft-shoe, seafood sauce, safety squeeze, sivapithecus, sovietize, sheep dog, sovietise, Scaup Duck, sceptic, spots, spitz, spot-check, spadix, shift key, softish, sheepdog, spot check, septic, spatchcock, soft tick, spotted dick, Sabbatic, soft touch, sheep-tick, soap dish, sheep tick, soviets, sociopathic, skeptic.
Hyponym for Sabotage:
n.
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act
destruction, devastation.
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act
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detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
