1VERB [usually passive]蓄意破坏,阴谋摧毁(机器、铁路、桥梁) If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest. 蓄意破坏,阴谋摧毁(机器、铁路、桥梁)
The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. [beVERB-ed]