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sabotage

n. a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

countermine, weaken, undermine, counteract, subvert

v. destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

subversion, subversive activity

n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising

n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

sedition

n. an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

subversion

n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

decline, refuse

v. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

vandalize, vandalise, destroy wantonly

v. destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

replace, supplant, supersede, supervene upon

v. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

disable, incapacitate, disenable

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

cave, undermine

v. hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, profane, deprave, misdirect

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

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