verb
- deliberately causing something to fail or be destroyed; sabotaging
- sinking a ship deliberately by making holes in it
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The opposition party accused the government of scuppering the peace talks.
- Bad weather kept scuppering our camping plans.
- He was caught scuppering the merger negotiations.
- The leaked documents ended up scuppering her chances of promotion.
- Pirates were scuppering captured vessels to hide evidence.
- The captain considered scuppering the damaged ship to prevent enemy capture.