Allowed
Sabotaged
Both words in one sentence
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It turns out that he was not fighting them because he was controlled; rather, he had sabotaged the machine so that he would drain the Intelligence instead and his companions, by rescuing him, had allowed the Big Bad to get away.
Source: Unwanted Rescue -
A drunken Tony Stark sabotaged Bruce's Gamma Bomb after an argument between the two, but ultimately allowed it to have a smaller yield than it would have otherwise, making the damage less than it otherwise would be.
Source: Comic Book / Original Sin
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