English Dictionary

scuttle

/ˈskʌ.təl/

verb

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

The crab scuttled across the sandy beach.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final fuck you to the invading Germans.

意味（3）

(transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).

The third and equally important fact is that at the time of gear retraction more than ample runway remained to brake to a successful stop and even had there been a fire in the left engine no necessity existed for scuttling the aircraft.

意味（4）

(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

Coordinate term: scupper