Synonyms for sabotage

Most common

undermine · subvert · weaken · counteract

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Verb

Noun

Antonyms

favor, favour, reinforcement

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Definitions

1. v. 1

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

   Our plans were sabotaged.

2. n. 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.

Forms

Plural

sabotages → mischiefs, counter-mines…

Past participle

sabotaged
e.g. sabotaged → undermined, subverted, weakened, counteracted…

Example sentences

• undermine Change has the potential to undermine our identity.
• weaken This could profoundly weaken the Algerian economy.
• counteract Reality and dreams counteract each other.
• subvert Alana, stop trying to subvert the company goals.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

weaken²

7 letters

subvert²

8 letters

mischief²

9 letters

undermine³

10 letters

counteract³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (weaken² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

saboter

Italiano

sabotare

Español

sabotear

Deutsch

sabotieren