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🇬🇧 Sabotage meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

noun
Sabotage is when someone secretly tries to ruin a plan or stop something from working the way it’s supposed to, usually on purpose and often in a sneaky way.

💬 Example Sentences

There was obvious sabotage at the bake sale when someone switched the sugar with salt and Grandpa still bought three cupcakes.
My attempt to look cool suffered sabotage when my shoelace untied itself and introduced my face to the sidewalk.
My diet faced sabotage when Grandma arrived with a suitcase full of cookies ‘just to keep you from starving.’
Our healthy smoothie plan faced sabotage when my cousin dumped in twelve marshmallows ‘for vitamins.’
The school play had accidental sabotage when the fake tree fell over and tackled the narrator mid-sentence.

📖 Mini Story

At dusk she slid a wrench under the hood, a quiet sabotage. Dawn commuters found the engine dead; the sabotage smelled of burnt wire and ash. The office called the sabotage bad luck, but security replayed the film and saw her hands. The sabotage stopped the convoy; she left smiling, the sabotage a small, final answer.

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🧑‍🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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