1. sabotage or deliberate disruption of machinery, equipment, or operations, especially as a form of protest or resistance
Usage: informal; often used in environmental activism contexts

1. to sabotage or deliberately disrupt machinery, equipment, or operations
Usage: informal; present participle of monkeywrench

Examples

• Environmental activists were accused of monkeywrenching logging equipment in the forest.
• The protesters engaged in monkeywrenching to prevent the construction project from proceeding.
• Monkeywrenching industrial machinery became a controversial tactic in the 1980s.
• They were caught monkeywrenching the factory's production line.
• The group's monkeywrenching campaign drew both supporters and critics.
• Monkeywrenching as a form of civil disobedience raises legal and ethical questions.