sabotaging

verb

Definition of sabotagingnext
present participle of sabotage
1
as in thwarting

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2
as in destroying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sabotaging
  1. destroying
  2. wrecking
  3. restraining
  4. demolishing
  5. harming
  6. impairing
  7. razing
Verb
  • The designation would also prohibit federal agencies from destroying or modifying that habitat.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • At its peak, the wildfire that ignited Monday expanded at an alarming rate, consuming an area larger than five football fields per minute and destroying at least seven structures.
    Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroying
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  • But when this tournament comes to an end, the Bulls either have to change course or risk wrecking their plans completely.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • But his vision of wrecking Israel with the help of Iran and other proxy forces backfired badly.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrecking
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  • After restraining Neely that day, Penny remained on scene when police arrived and later explained his actions to several NYPD officers.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Prosecutors have said Penny acted recklessly and negligently by restraining Neely in a chokehold for so long, even after Neely stopped moving.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of restraining
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  • The project involves demolishing a great deal of real estate.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • They were made by each other by reverently mythologizing their history while also irreverently demolishing it to make way for whatever was new and next, like a postwar building that’s periodically renovated to keep up with trends.
    David LaChapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of demolishing
Verb
  • Residents and businesses cannot afford for the city to continue to be a greater outlier, risk harming our ability to recruit top talent and investments and send the wrong message to growing industries looking to build or grow in Chicago.
    Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The latest episode of Newsweek's Horizons podcast investigates the most promising ways to reduce the flood of plastic waste clogging waterways, threatening human health and harming ocean ecosystems.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of harming
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  • Moan was charged with risk of injury/impairing the morals of a child, enticing a minor by computer, misrepresentation of age to entice a minor, and tampering with physical evidence, police said in a press release.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Tamara Johnson, 37, of Waterbury turned herself in last Thursday on one felony count of risk of injury to a minor/impairing the morals of a minor, according to the Meriden Police Department.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of impairing
Verb
  • The university has spent the last few months razing the old stadium.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In 2019, the cottage faced an uncertain future as the new owners of the land at 239 Franklin Road, where it was then located, appeared interested in razing the cottage to make space for new construction.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of razing
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