sabotage

  1. Noun.  A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
  2. Noun.  (military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources'''JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms'''..
  3. Verb.  to deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

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