scuttled

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(HuffPo keeps foolishly running a headline about how Republicans are denying that she might be scuttled, which is kind of like the old saw about somebody denying that he hits his wife.)

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  1. noun A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
  2. noun The lid or hatch of such an opening.
  3. transitive verb Nautical To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).
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  • But with the main engine down and the backup scuttled, they were in big trouble. —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
  • (HuffPo keeps foolishly running a headline about how Republicans are denying that she might be scuttled, which is kind of like the old saw about somebody denying that he hits his wife.) —  Hollywood Elsewhere
  • After the deal was scuttled, an apparently disappointed Litvack went back to his firm, —  ClickZ News Blog
  • England captain Andrew Strauss admitted that now his side's original objective to win the series has been scuttled, they would now have to settle on a share of the series which would allow them to keep the Trophy. —  The Financial Express
  • Both X-6 and X-7 had to be scuttled, and six of their eight crew survived to be taken prisoner. —  FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES
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