SCUTTLED Definition & Meaning

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scuttled

[ skuht-ld ]

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adjective

(of a vessel) deliberately sunk, often by opening seacocks or making openings in the hull:
It is important to ensure that the scuttled vessel is suitably weighted and negatively buoyant so it will sink rapidly and remain stable on the bottom.
abandoned, dropped, cut, or thwarted, as a hope, plan, program, etc.:
In the fallout over the scuttled deal, two executives were fired for ethical violations related to the negotiations.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of scuttle ¹.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scuttled¹

First recorded in 1740–50; scuttle ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; scuttle ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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The next year, the Board of Supervisors scuttled Tung’s nomination to the Police Commission because, in the climate following George Floyd’s murder, she was seen as too pro-police.

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They began discussing it years ago in its initial preproduction stage before the pandemic, when the project was temporarily scuttled and recast.

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In text messages cited in the complaint, Nathan appears to indicate that news coverage of human resources complaints stemming from “It Ends With Us” was scuttled through the team’s efforts.

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The Greenleaf Promenade grew out of a smaller pilot project that was scuttled by the pandemic, according to city officials.

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The scuttled offer apparently did little to ruffle feathers.

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