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scupper
UK /ˈskʌpə/ US /ˈskʌpɚ/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
threatening
ADV.
once
Definitions
noun
1
A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2
A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre[.]
verb
1
To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
["]The only chance was to get the guns and try a rescue. Of course they may scupper them at once in revenge.["]
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Idioms & Phrases
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I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was sligh
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The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
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["]The only chance was to get the guns and try a rescue. Of course they may scupper them at once in revenge.["]
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This is the face of American exceptionalism[…] threatening to scupper both the court and, failing that, UN peace-keeping operations in Bosnia and anywhere else the US might have forces deployed on suc
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