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Sabot is the French word for the wooden shoe, and the verb saboter (rattle the sabots) means first to work hurriedly and sloppily, and then by extension, to do it deliberately. Sabotage is the act of deliberately doing sloppy work.
In the French railway strike of 1910 the strikers brought the railways to a halt by knocking out the wooden shoes call sabots which held the rails in place - hence sabotage.
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What is another word for sabotage?
http://www.answers.com/library/Antonyms-cid-70779 sabotagen Definition: damageAntonyms: aiding, assistance, fix, helpv Definition: incapacitate, damageAntonyms: abet, aid, fix, help
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Sabotage is a French word. I guess it comes from there...
What does sabatoge mean in German?
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What is another word for sabotage?
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The word sabotage is a eight letter word.
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