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sabotage - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | damage |
| Synonyms: | demolition, destruction, disruption, injury, mischief, overthrow, subversion, treachery, treason, vandalism, wreckage, wrecking, impairment, subversiveness, undermining |
| Antonyms: | assistance, fix, help, aiding |
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incapacitate, damage |
| Synonyms: | attack, block, break up, cripple, deep six, destroy, disable, disrupt, do*, do in*, foul up*, frustrate, hamper, hinder, mess up*, obstruct, screw up*, subvert, undermine, vandalize, wreck, bollix, louse up, put out of action, put out of commission, take out*, throw a monkey wrench into, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, fix, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, spoil, total*, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, disenable, hogtie*, immobilize, pinion, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down*, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, unbrace, unstrengthen |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior; noncompliance with rules |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, infraction, infringement, insubordination, mutiny, neglect, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, violation, indiscipline, insubmission, insurgence, intractableness, nonobservance, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness, unruliness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience, observance, submission |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, damage, detriment, disservice, foul play*, hurt, ill, infliction, iniquity, loss, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, outrage, prejudice, ravage, ruin, sabotage, sin, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear*, wickedness, wrong, banefulness, deleteriousness, immorality, impairment, marring, noxiousness, perniciousness, ruination, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, good, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure; cause evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, discommode, get, hurt, impair, inconvenience, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing*, dilapidate, disserve, do violence to, dump on, ill-treat, incommode, louse up, muck up*, scathe, traumatize |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insubordination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, indiscipline, noncooperation, nonobservance |
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, evil, fault, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, misconduct, misfortune, monkey business*, outrage, prank, sabotage, shenanigans, transgression, vandalism, wrong, wrongdoing, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, impishness, mischievousness, misdoing, naughtiness, playfulness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sportiveness, waggery, waggishness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subvert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, destroy |
| Synonyms: | capsize, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defeat, demolish, deprave, depress, extinguish, invalidate, invert, level, overthrow, overturn, pervert, poison, pull down, raze, reverse, ruin, sabotage, supersede, supplant, suppress, topple, tumble, undermine, upset, vitiate, wreck |
| Antonyms: | comply, obey, uphold, be loyal |
| Main Entry: | undermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, blunt, clip one's wings, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, dig out*, disable, eat away, enfeeble, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, hollow out, hurt, impair, knock the bottom out of, mine, poke full of holes, ruin, sabotage, sandbag, sap, soften, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo*, tunnel, undercut, wear, whittle away, wreck |
| Antonyms: | strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up*, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, disable, do in*, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, raze, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, strand, subvert, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack*, dilapidate, pile up*, put out of commission, run aground, shipwreck, smash up, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo*, wrack up |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Antonyms: | build, create, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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