Examples of 'was scuttled' in a sentence

Meaning of "was scuttled"

It means that a plan, project, or idea was abandoned or intentionally sabotaged. This phrase is often used when referring to the deliberate termination of an initiative or the act of preventing something from progressing

How to use "was scuttled" in a sentence

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was scuttled
It was scuttled six months after you were married.
Her steering gear had been destroyed so she was scuttled.
She was scuttled early the following morning.
I was locked in the cabin when the ship was scuttled.
The ship was scuttled on the following day.
The captured ship was scuttled.
The ship was scuttled by her crew shortly afterwards.
The proa could not be brought to shore and was scuttled.
Peresvet was scuttled in shallow water on the same day.
He was soon disabused of the idea when his ship was scuttled.
The vessel was scuttled by her crew.
The crew escaped on lifeboats while the vessel was scuttled and sunk.
The ship was scuttled and burned.
Uranami evacuated the crippled destroyer which was scuttled after the battle.
It was scuttled six months afteryou were married.

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But the measure was scuttled.
She was scuttled to avoid capture.
We believe it was scuttled.
The ship was scuttled by the crew during the operation.
They also discover that Leviathan was scuttled.
The ship was scuttled when the experiment escaped control.
Monte Pascoal was set afire and was scuttled.
But that concept was scuttled as costs continued to rise.
The small coastal battleship Admiral Ushakov refused to surrender and was scuttled by her crew.
She saw no combat and was scuttled at the end of the war.
She was scuttled the following day by Uranami.
A third was scuttled.
She was scuttled as part of a programme to dispose of UK stocks of chemical weapons.
Alamar was scuttled.
She was scuttled the following month as the Germans retreated from Genoa.
Early the next day the submarine was scuttled and the crew taken prisoner.
Vénus was scuttled in the entrance of Toulon harbour.
The former corvette Alfonso Ceirquera was scuttled off the cliffs of Madeira Island.
Ivanhoe was scuttled by fire from Kelvin and the ships returned to port.
She was forced to surface, and was scuttled to prevent her capture.
The ship was scuttled when Italy surrendered in September and scrapped after the war.
Her crew was taken off unharmed, and she was scuttled.
The deal was scuttled and the buyer walked away.
After nearly four weeks of these activities, the carrier was scuttled.
Further touring by the band was scuttled when DiStefano was diagnosed with cancer.
It was scuttled because Catholics and Pentecostals would still have statutory rights.
That satellite was scuttled on Enceladus.
She was scuttled in the Kiel Arsenal at the end of the war.
As a result of the damage, she was scuttled later that same day.
The ship was scuttled near Flensburg the following day.
After unsuccessful attempts to pull her off the beach, she was scuttled.
Graf Spee was scuttled by her own crew.
One was set on fire and partially destroyed, while the other was scuttled.
The whole thing was scuttled by the Pentagon when they found out.
For various complications, MacArthur declined the promotion, and the proposal was scuttled.

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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
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