German VERB B2 Rank 13215

boykottieren

to boycott

boykottieren – boykottierte – hat boykottiert

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boykottieren vs sabotieren

to sabotage

Boykottieren and sabotieren can both hinder a plan or undertaking. Anyone who boycotts something publicly refuses, as a protest, to buy it, use it, or take part in it in order to apply pressure. Anyone who sabotages something deliberately disrupts or damages it, often secretly, so that it does not work.

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boykottieren

Aus Protest boykottieren mehrere Gruppen die Veranstaltung und bleiben ihr fern.

In protest, several groups are boycotting the event and will not attend it.

sabotieren

Ein Gegner sabotiert die Veranstaltung heimlich, indem er die technische Anlage beschädigt.

An opponent is secretly sabotaging the event by damaging the technical equipment.

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