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Broke circumnavigators finally fixed boat and got on (9)

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I believe the answer is:

sabotaged

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'broke' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'circumnavigators finally fixed boat and got on' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'fixed' is an anagram indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'got on' becomes 'aged' ('age' can be a synonym of 'get on').
The last letter of 'circumnavigators' is 's'.
'boat' with letters rearranged gives 'abot'.
's'+'abot'+'aged'='SABOTAGED'

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(Other definitions for sabotaged that I've seen before include "crippled" , "deliberately wrecked" , "Incapacitated" , "Deliberately destroyed (equipment, plans, etc)" , "Disabled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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