Scuttling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scuttle \Scut"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scuttled}
     (sk[u^]t"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuttling}.]
     1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides
        of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to
        scuttle a ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be
        abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the
        review committee scuttled the project due to lack of
        funds.
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