A strategy designed to obstruct or prevent the success of a project, opponent, etc.
the home side, frustrated by the Wasps' strong defence, resorted to spoiling tactics
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In that time they used every cynical spoiling tactic in the book to both disrupt and wind the Arsenal players up and knock them out of their stride.
Now perhaps all the counties can get back to playing good open football and forget about the over-reliance on spoiling tactics and team huddles.
But it must also be said that Hussein's spoiling tactics may have suited him but ruined the entertainment for the capacity crowd.
Unable to win widespread support, they are reduced to spoiling tactics.
We probably lost that final because we tried to play too much football while they employed a lot of spoiling tactics.
He was apparently taken aback when the right-wing, anti-tax, anti-welfare elites of eastern Europe attacked him for his spoiling tactics at the summit.
Crucially, Burke struck early to thwart those spoiling tactics.
It wouldn't surprise anyone to learn that the company's arch-rival might be planning such a spoiling tactic.
There isn't much Pearce hasn't seen in his 20 years in the game and he wasn't about to condemn Sheffield for their spoiling tactics.
The spoiling tactics used by both fighters caused the fight to be dour and untidy.