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    sabotage

    US /ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ/

    ・

    UK /'sæbətɑ:ʒ/

    B2
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
    The spies wanted to sabotage the sensitive equipment
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Destroying or damaging so as to weaken enemy, etc.
    I believe that Andy is trying to sabotage my plans

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    HOW TO SPEAK BRITISH ACCENT | Evan Edinger & Cherry Wallis

    06:20HOW TO SPEAK BRITISH ACCENT | Evan Edinger & Cherry Wallis
    • But it was anybody it was anyone! *Cherry Wallis sabotage*

      But it was anybody it was anyone! *Cherry Wallis sabotage*

    B2

    Fill in the BLANK.... You CHEAT on me... I BLANK you!

    05:01Fill in the BLANK.... You CHEAT on me... I BLANK you!
    • I sabotage him.

      I sabotage him.

    • I sabotage him.

      I sabotage him.

    B1

    Banning smoking for life: BBC News Review

    07:58Banning smoking for life: BBC News Review
    • and 'sabotage', again for big, serious things.

      and 'sabotage', again for big, serious things.

    B2

    SpongeBob SquarePants | Evil Spatula | Nickelodeon UK

    03:59SpongeBob SquarePants | Evil Spatula | Nickelodeon UK
    • Sabotage!

      Sabotage!

    B2

    The 3,000-year-old history of the passport | BBC Global

    04:08The 3,000-year-old history of the passport | BBC Global
    • The passport as we know it doesn't really emerge until the 20th century during the First World War, when concerns about sabotage and spying and so forth, concerns related to the war, led nation states to reimpose passport controls.

      The passport as we know it doesn't really emerge until the 20th century during the First World War, when concerns about sabotage and spying and so forth, concerns related to the war, led nation states to reimpose passport controls.

    • The passport as we know it doesn't really emerge until the 20th century, during the First World War, when concerns about sabotage and spying and so forth, concerns related to the war, led nation-states to reimpose passport controls.

      The passport as we know it doesn't really emerge until the 20th century, during the First World War, when concerns about sabotage and spying and so forth, concerns related to the war, led nation-states to reimpose passport controls.

    B1

    NYU's 2022 Commencement Speaker Taylor Swift

    28:05NYU's 2022 Commencement Speaker Taylor Swift
    • In your life, you will inevitably misspeak, trust the wrong person, underreact, overreact, hurt the people who didn't deserve it, overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage, create a reality where only your experience exists, ruin perfectly good moments for yourself and others, deny any wrongdoing, not take the steps to make it right, feel very guilty, let the guilt eat at you, hit rock bottom, finally address the pain you caused, try to do better next time, rinse, repeat.

      In your life, you will inevitably misspeak, trust the wrong person, underreact, overreact, hurt the people who didn't deserve it, overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage, create a reality where only your experience exists, ruin perfectly good moments for yourself and others, deny any wrongdoing, not take the steps to make it right, feel very guilty, let the guilt eat at you, hit rock bottom, finally address the pain you caused, try to do better next time, rinse, repeat.

    • overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage,

      overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage,

    B1

    Why Apple, Samsung and Google Need Each Other

    10:37Why Apple, Samsung and Google Need Each Other
    • And so the theoretical amount more Samsung phones they could sell if they like sabotage the iPhone displays would just not nearly make up for the amount of money they lose if they don't have Apple as a customer anymore.

      And so the theoretical amount more Samsung phones they could sell if they like sabotage the iPhone displays would just not nearly make up for the amount of money they lose if they don't have Apple as a customer anymore.

    B1

    The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love

    06:18The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
    • The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme. Why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life-enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces. Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them? The answer can only be found by looking back in time. Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences. To abbreviate sharply, we can only willingly tolerate being loved if, as children, the process of loving and being loved felt sufficiently reliable, safe and kind. Some of us were not so blessed. Some of us were stymied in our search for love in ways we have not yet recovered from or fully understood. Perhaps the person we wanted to love fell ill or grew depressed. Or at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.

      The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme. Why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life-enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces. Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them? The answer can only be found by looking back in time. Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences. To abbreviate sharply, we can only willingly tolerate being loved if, as children, the process of loving and being loved felt sufficiently reliable, safe and kind. Some of us were not so blessed. Some of us were stymied in our search for love in ways we have not yet recovered from or fully understood. Perhaps the person we wanted to love fell ill or grew depressed. Or at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.

    • Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them?

      Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them?

    B1

    The Bad Guys 2 Featurette - A Look Inside (2025)

    01:41The Bad Guys 2 Featurette - A Look Inside (2025)
    • No, we're gonna sabotage The cast is killer Really funny lock-picking is like a romance Master of disguise you're up.

      No, we're gonna sabotage The cast is killer Really funny lock-picking is like a romance Master of disguise you're up.

    • We're going to sabotage it.

      We're going to sabotage it.

    B1

    7 Bad Habits That Are Destroying Your Self-Esteem

    06:257 Bad Habits That Are Destroying Your Self-Esteem
    • It's a form of self sabotage, because the more you're complimenting their good traits, the more you're contrasting them to your own and once you feel that you are not the same as them, you end up developing a negative self image.

      It's a form of self sabotage, because the more you're complimenting their good traits, the more you're contrasting them to your own and once you feel that you are not the same as them, you end up developing a negative self image.

    • It's a form of self-sabotage because the more you're complimenting their good traits, the more you're contrasting them to your own.

      It's a form of self-sabotage because the more you're complimenting their good traits, the more you're contrasting them to your own.

    B1