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sabotage n. 1 destruction, damage, wrecking, impairment: Enemy
infiltrators were responsible for the sabotage of our radar. 2
subversion, treachery, treason: When the radar was found
damaged, sabotage was suspected.
--v. 3 undermine, subvert, disrupt, spoil, ruin, cripple;
damage, incapacitate, disable, destroy, wreck, Colloq Brit throw
a spanner in(to) the works, US throw a monkey wrench into the
machinery, Slang Brit queer (someone's pitch): Only someone who
had something to lose would have sabotaged our plan for
reorganization. The engine had been sabotaged by pouring sand
into the fuel tank.
sack n. 1 pouch, bag, Scots and US dialect poke; Technical sac: She
bought a 10-pound sack of potatoes. 2 hit the sack. retire,
turn in, go to bed or to sleep, Slang hit the hay, Brit kip
(down), US sack out: I need my beauty sleep so I'm going to hit
the sack. 3 the sack. dismissal, discharge, firing, Colloq
heave-ho, the axe, marching orders, US pink slip, bounce,
Chiefly US and Canadian walking papers, Slang Brit the boot, the
chop, the push: Ten of us got the sack when the new management
took over.
--v. 4 dismiss, discharge, fire, let go, lay off, Brit make or
declare redundant, Colloq give (someone) the axe or the (old)
heave-ho, give (someone) his or her marching orders, Brit give
(someone) the sack, US bounce, Slang Brit give (someone) the
boot or the chop or the push: Now that he's been sacked, Norman
will be able to spend more time with the children.
sacred adj. 1 consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, holy, blessed, blest,
sanctified, revered, divine, awe-inspiring, venerable,
venerated, sainted, heaven-sent: This is a most sacred Islamic
site. 2 inviolable, inviolate, untouchable, protected,
sacrosanct: They held nothing sacred as they ransacked the
temple. 3 religious, spiritual, ceremonial, church(ly),
ecclesiastical, priestly, hieratic, ritual, solemn, sacramental,
liturgical: He continued to carry out his sacred duties despite
the war.