Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities . . . . Which word from the excerpt has a negative connotation?
“Sabotage” means deliberately damaging or disrupting something, so it has a negative connotation. The other words—“defense,” “premises,” and “utilities”—are mostly neutral in this excerpt.
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