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Meaning of "be scuttled"
The phrase 'be scuttled' refers to the deliberate sinking or destroying of a ship, typically as an act of sabotage or to prevent the ship from being captured by enemies. It can also be used metaphorically to describe the cancellation or abandonment of a project, plan, or idea. This phrase implies a swift and intentional action to render something useless or inoperable
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be scuttled
The ship was damaged and had to be scuttled.
Afterwards the ship had to be scuttled to prevent her capture.
He then ordered that the boat should be scuttled.
Airframe will be scuttled by allowing water to enter the structure.
There was even suggestion that the entire effort be scuttled.
These were destined to be scuttled along the way once the supplies were consumed.
Ordered the fleet to be scuttled.
The school will be scuttled by the government by the end of the year.
The ship managed to return to shore and Montojo ordered it to be scuttled.
Vessels will be scuttled by opening seacocks to allow water to enter the hull.
La Barre appears to have panicked and ordered his ships to be scuttled.
Vessel will be scuttled by explosive cutting to allow water to enter the hull.
Adolf Hitler gave orders for the Graf Spee to be scuttled.
May the proposed law be scuttled before it reaches the Senate.
Without this regulatory move, his business interests would be scuttled.
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Karlsruhe had to be scuttled with two torpedoes by the German torpedo boat Greif.
Bayntun co-ordinated the evacuation of the ships closest to him which were to be scuttled.
The carrier was later ordered to be scuttled by fleet commander Isoroku Yamamoto.
Guadeloupe escaped up the York River to York Town, where she would later be scuttled.
At this point, it can be scuttled at sea or scrapped by shipbreakers.
Finally, Lieutenant Ivanov ( the thirteenth in command ) ordered Rurik to be scuttled.
Can the Saudi initiative be scuttled in the same way?
Any German survivorswill be transferred to the S-33,and the U-boat will be scuttled.
Finally, many were to be scuttled in Toulon.
Any German survivors will be transferred to the S-33, and the U-boat will be scuttled.
She was the last U-boat to be scuttled in the Mediterranean.
The Convention would be scuttled and a central load-bearing pillar of international law removed . ”.
They were revived again in the 1920s only to be scuttled by the Great Depression.
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Horrid little creature scuttled right in front of me
Had scuttled a great amount of his progress
Young johnny norris scuttled away from me
