sabotage

The deliberate destruction of or damage to equipment, structures, or systems; to deliberately destroy or obstruct something.

• saboteur/ˌsæbəˈtɜːr/(n)破坏者

• acts of sabotage
• sabotage efforts
• industrial sabotage
• sabotage a plan
• self-sabotage

1. 1.The investigation revealed that the pipeline explosion was an act of sabotage, not an accident. (deliberate destruction)
2. 2.She kept sabotaging her own career by picking fights with every new manager. (self-destructive behaviour)

• undermine/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/— to weaken gradually — less violent
• wreck/rɛk/— to destroy — more physical
• subvert/səbˈvɜːrt/— to undermine the power of — more political

from French "saboter" (to walk noisily, to bungle) — "sabot" (wooden shoe) — the legend that workers threw wooden shoes into machinery to disrupt production, though historically the connection is debated