Q: I know that John's plan to create a web site was demolished by some jealousy people.
Please help me with the appropriate vocabulary that can be replaced by was demolished in this sentence. I want to know a singled word for demolishing or spoiling a plan.
Thanks in advance.![]()
Was destroyed
Was derailed
Also: jealous people, not jealousy people.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
[QUOTE=Keralite;829429]Q: I know that John's plan to create a web site was demolished by some jealousy people.
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Maybe something like:
I know that John's plan to create a website was stopped by some envious people.
I know that some envious people prevented John from creating a website.
I know that John's plan to create a website was obstructed by some envious people.
Jealous people sabotaged John's plan to create a website.
I definitely like sabotaged!
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Please help me with a common word or slang for destroy a plan by sabotage. I want to know the slang for sabotaging a plan by backstabing.![]()
"Backstabbing" is different from "sabotage".
Check them both in a dictionary and then come back to us if you think you can give us an example of someone "sabotaging a plan by backstabbing".
Please bear in mind that there isn't a slang or informal term for absolutely everything in English.