Sabotage (Noun)
Meaning
A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The company suspected sabotage when several key machines in the factory started to malfunction at the same time.
- The investigation revealed that a former employee had committed sabotage by tampering with the aircraft's engines before it took off.
- The production line had to be shut down due to an act of sabotage in which a critical component was removed.
- A group of disgruntled workers was accused of sabotage after equipment at the construction site was found to be damaged beyond repair.
- The power outage was not caused by a technical issue but rather by an act of sabotage in which a transformer was intentionally destroyed.