verb

definition

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

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To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

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(by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.

example

The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.

verb

definition

To move hastily, to scurry.

noun

definition

The motion of one who scuttles.

example

scuttlings back and forth

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The act by which a vessel is scuttled.

Examples of scuttling in a Sentence

Scuttling away from their glowing light gems numerous rats made for whatever shadows they could find.

Stars of the show include magnificent mantises, terrific tarantulas, crawling cockroaches and scuttling scorpions!

Whilst surrender talks were going on the Germans abandoned ship and scuttling charges detonated her magazine, ending the last of Spee 's squadron.

Typically found scuttling about in vegetation or in the surface layers of bottom sediments, occasionally in open water.

Rule Iii.-Extinguishing Fire On Shipboard Damage done to a ship and cargo, or either of them, by water or otherwise, including damage by beaching or scuttling a burning ship, in extinguishing a fire on board the ship, shall be made good as G.A.; except that no compensation shall be made for damage to such portions of the ship and bulk cargo, or to such separate packages of cargo, as have been on fire.

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