Deliberate destruction (8)
I believe the answer is:
sabotage
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deliberate destruction</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sabotage that I've seen before include "malicious damage" , "cripple" , "Deliberate and malicious destruction" , "Subvert" , "Deliberately destroy" .)