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counter-sabotage

counter-sabotage

8.2
Actions to find and stop people who damage important equipment
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : contrarresto de sabotaje
  • The company implemented counter-sabotage measures to safeguard its production facilities from potential disruption.

Examples

  • The US defense of Panama centered on (1) the establishment of industrial-plant type security for the Canal and Canal facilities, and (2) a counter-sabotage and counter-guerrilla military reaction force.

    Academic text (1993)

  • In cooperation with the Venezuelan government, the State Department planned to furnish counter-sabotage agents for the oil companies and to undertake a survey of oil installations.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The government launched a new program focused on counter-sabotage to protect critical infrastructure from enemy attacks.

  • Investigators conducted counter-sabotage operations to identify any threats to national security prior to the event.

Synonyms

counterintelligence
vscounter-sabotage
  • Specialized
38 7.4

Activities to find and stop enemy spies and sabotage

focuses specifically on finding and stopping deliberate damage by sabotage

How Protective

counter-sabotage
  • Specialized
8.2
lockdown
  • Specialized
8 4.1
hardening
  • Specialized
1 5.7
surveillance
  • Specialized
526 6.2
security measure
  • Specialized
4 3.1

Surface Forms

counter-sabotage singular
counter-sabotages plural

Morphology

counter-sabotage = sabotage (transparent) = counter + sabotage

The productive prefix 'counter-' meaning 'against' plus 'sabotage' yields the clear meaning 'measures against sabotage'.

Etymology

Counter-sabotage combines counter- ('against'), as in counterattack, and sabotage, which comes from the French sabot meaning 'wooden shoe', and one popular story says workers once threw shoes into machines to stop them. So counter-sabotage means actions to find and stop such deliberate damage and to protect equipment.