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Word: scuttle
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
- (Construction) a hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
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Verb:
- by extension, in figurative use Intentionally undermine or thwart oneself, or denigrate or destroy one?s position or property; cf. scupper|lang=en.
- intransitive To move hastily, to scurry
- transitive To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action.
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