sabotages

The word “sabotages” has 4 syllables: sa-bo-ta-ges

It's pronounced as /ˈsæ.bə.tɑʒɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for sabotages?

In the thesaurus, “sabotages” has 126 synonyms and 54 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sabotages along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sabotages

  • annihilates
  • arrests
  • attack
  • baffles
  • bangs up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottlenecks
  • brakes
  • break up
  • breaks
  • checks
  • constrains
  • cripple
  • curbs
  • damages
  • decelerates
  • deep six
  • defacements
  • defaces
  • demolishes
  • demolishments
  • demolition
  • depredates
  • depredations
  • desecrates
  • desecrations
  • despoilments
  • despoils
  • destroy
  • destroys
  • destruction
  • destructions
  • devastates
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumbers
  • foils
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • frustrates
  • graffitis
  • halts
  • hamper
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • harms
  • hinder
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • hurts
  • impairment
  • impairs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • injury
  • loots
  • louse up
  • marauds
  • mars
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • obstructs
  • overthrow
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • predations
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransacks
  • ravages
  • ravens
  • razes
  • reins
  • restrains
  • retards
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • sackings
  • sacks
  • scourges
  • screw up
  • sets back
  • shatters
  • slackens
  • slows
  • smashes
  • spoils
  • spoliates
  • spoliations
  • stops
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tags
  • take out
  • tears down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • torpedo
  • totals
  • trashes
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalisms
  • vandalizations
  • vandalize
  • vandalizes
  • violates
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wracks
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrecks

Antonyms for sabotages

  • abet
  • accelerates
  • advances
  • aid
  • aiding
  • aids
  • allow
  • assist
  • assistance
  • build
  • builds
  • conservations
  • conserves
  • create
  • devotion
  • dispatches
  • drives
  • eases
  • encourage
  • encourages
  • expedites
  • facilitates
  • faithfulness
  • fidelity
  • fix
  • forwards
  • furthers
  • goads
  • hastens
  • help
  • helps
  • hurries
  • loyalty
  • permit
  • preservations
  • preserves
  • promote
  • propels
  • protections
  • protects
  • pushes
  • quickens
  • rebuilds
  • repair
  • rushes
  • salvages
  • saves
  • savings
  • spurs
  • steps up
  • stirs
  • strengthen
  • support
  • urges

Meanings of sabotages

  • noun
    1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
    2. 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.
  • verb
    1. To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

Example Sentences

  • The undercover agent uncovered a series of planned sabotages against critical infrastructure.
  • Corporate espionage often involves strategic sabotages aimed at gaining a competitive edge.
  • The team implemented preventive measures to thwart potential sabotages on their project.
  • Rumors of internal conflict fueled suspicions of deliberate sabotages within the organization.
  • The government launched an investigation to identify and apprehend those responsible for the recent sabotages.

On this page you'll find 180 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sabotages, such as: abet, accelerates, advances, aid, aiding, aids, allow.

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Related Words

obstructs

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • binds
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • bungs
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clots
  • confines
  • congests
  • constrains
  • corks
  • cramps
  • curbs
  • dams
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • fills
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  • foils
  • frustrates
  • furs
  • gives a hard time
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • inundates
  • jams
  • leashes
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • occludes
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • silts
  • smothers
  • spiles
  • stifles
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • strangles
  • stuffs
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • swamps
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

handcuffs

  • arrests
  • attaches
  • baffles
  • balks
  • band
  • barricades
  • bind
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • bracelets
  • braces
  • brakes
  • captivity
  • chain
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clamps
  • clogs
  • collar
  • confinement
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraint
  • cramps
  • cuffs
  • curb
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • enchainment
  • enchains
  • encumbers
  • enfetters
  • enslavement
  • entanglement
  • entangles
  • fastener
  • fastens
  • fetter
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • gyves
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • hold
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • immurement
  • impedes
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • inhibits
  • iron rings
  • irons
  • joins
  • lashes
  • leashes
  • ligature
  • limits
  • links
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • net
  • obstructs
  • pinions
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • restricts
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • secures
  • shackle
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • snaps
  • stifles
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tangles
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • tie
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammel
  • trammels
  • trap
  • trusses
  • wristlets

bangs up

  • annihilates
  • breaks
  • damages
  • defaces
  • demolishes
  • depredates
  • desecrates
  • despoils
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • graffitis
  • harms
  • hurts
  • impairs
  • loots
  • marauds
  • mars
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • ransacks
  • ravages
  • ravens
  • razes
  • ruins
  • sabotages
  • sacks
  • scourges
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • spoils
  • spoliates
  • tags
  • tears down
  • totals
  • trashes
  • vandalizes
  • violates
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wracks
  • wrecks

handicaps

  • adversities
  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • barriers
  • bars
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraints
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • debits
  • delays
  • derails
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disbenefits
  • disrupts
  • downsides
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrasses
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • failings
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impairments
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • leashes
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • loads
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • negatives
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • perils
  • reefs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraints
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • rubs
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • shortcomings
  • smothers
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stifles
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strangles
  • strikes
  • stumbling blocks
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

hampers

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • bags
  • balks
  • barricades
  • basins
  • baskets
  • binds
  • bins
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bottles
  • bowls
  • boxes
  • brakes
  • buckets
  • caddies
  • cans
  • carriers
  • cartons
  • cartridges
  • cases
  • caskets
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • containers
  • coolers
  • cramps
  • crates
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • handbaskets
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holders
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • jars
  • jugs
  • kegs
  • kettles
  • kits
  • leashes
  • lockers
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • obstructs
  • packs
  • pails
  • pitchers
  • pockets
  • pots
  • receptacles
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • sacks
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • stifles
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • trunks
  • tubs
  • vats
  • vessels
  • warmers

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