different between sabotage vs vandalise

English

Etymology

From French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæb?t??/

Noun

sabotage (usually uncountable, plural sabotages)

1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
2. (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.

Translations

Verb

sabotage (third-person singular simple present sabotages, present participle sabotaging, simple past and past participle sabotaged)

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

Translations

See also

• terrorism

References

Anagrams

• boatages

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Noun

sabotage c (singular definite sabotagen, plural indefinite sabotager)

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotere
• sabotør

Further reading

• “sabotage” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sabotage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?bo??ta???/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?ta?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

sabotage m (uncountable)

1. sabotage

Related terms

• saboteren
• saboteur

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sabotase

French

Etymology

From saboter +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.b?.ta?/
• Homophone: sabotages
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?tage

Noun

sabotage m (plural sabotages)

1. sabotage

Descendants

Further reading

• “sabotage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sab??t???/

Noun

sabotage n

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotera
• sabotör

Further reading

• sabotage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Alternative forms

• vandalize (American)

Etymology

vandal +? -ise

Verb

vandalise (third-person singular simple present vandalises, present participle vandalising, simple past and past participle vandalised)

1. To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.

Derived terms

• vandalism, vandalisation, vandalization

Translations

French

Verb

vandalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of vandaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of vandaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of vandaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of vandaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of vandaliser