sabotaging
Intentionally causing failure
Sabotaging is deliberately undermining or destroying something—equipment, plans, relationships, or efforts.
The word implies intentional damage from within: Someone's been sabotaging the project by leaking information.
Self-sabotaging describes unconsciously undermining one's own success: She kept self-sabotaging every time she got close to a promotion.
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- disablingCausing loss of function
tampering · interruption · derailing · foiling · thwarting · hampering · hindering · stalling
Becoming less strong
- erodingGradually wearing away
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- impairingLessening ability or function
- compromisingExposing to harm or scandal
crippling · corroding · degrading · diminishing · debilitating · hollowing · undercutting · sapping
Covert entry into organization
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- seditionInciting revolt against government
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
disinformation · propaganda · coup · conspiracy · sleeper · fifth column · resistance · agitprop
jamming
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- blockageObstruction halting movement
disabling · tampering · interruption · derailing · foiling · thwarting · hampering · hindering · stalling · interdicting
weakening
Becoming less strong
- erodingGradually wearing away
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- impairingLessening ability or function
compromising · crippling · corroding · degrading · diminishing · debilitating · hollowing · undercutting · sapping · subverting
infiltration
Covert entry into organization
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- seditionInciting revolt against government
destabilization · disinformation · propaganda · coup · conspiracy · sleeper · fifth column · resistance · agitprop · rebellion
traitor
One who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- double-crosserOne who deceives confederates
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
informant · rat · mole · spy · sellout · defector · quisling · Judas · snake · betrayer
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- hostile behaviorsattacking, bullying, fighting, harassing, hitting
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
sabotagingbuilding
Enclosed roofed structure
constructing · creating · establishing · developing · cultivating
sabotagingsupporting
Bearing or sustaining
helping · assisting · aiding · facilitating · enabling
sabotagingdefending
Protecting against harm
protecting · safeguarding · preserving · upholding · serving
sabotage, saboteur, sabotaged, sabotages, saboteurs, sabot, self-sabotage, sabots, antisabotage