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sabotage in Arabic

أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya

/ˈsæ.bəˌtɑːʒ/US/ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/

sabotage in Arabic: أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة (ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya), تَخْرِيب (taḵrīb). In English, sabotage means 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.

Arabic words for sabotage

deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction
أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya, تَخْرِيب taḵrīb

English meaning of sabotage

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

Full definition of sabotage

sabotage in a sentence

  • The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.
  • Our plans were sabotaged.

sabotage in other languages

Questions about sabotage in Arabic

What is the meaning of sabotage in Arabic?
Sabotage in Arabic is أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة (ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya), تَخْرِيب (taḵrīb).
ما معنى كلمة sabotage؟
Sabotage: أَعْمَال تَخْرِيبِيَّة (ʔaʕmāl taḵrībiyya), تَخْرِيب (taḵrīb).
What does sabotage mean in English?
Sabotage means 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.

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