scupper

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1. scupper - Noun

2. scupper - Verb

Meaning

An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

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After his selection, the Ukip leader told his party faithful that he predicted opposition parties would now send their "heavy artillery" to scupper his hopes of securing the South Thanet seat. Source: Internet

His plans to scupper the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a deal painstakingly negotiated over ten years with 11 other countries around the Pacific Rim, tally with Mr Trump’s reading of history. Source: Internet

The reaction of the Irish public to the Lisbon Treaty threatened to scupper the handiwork of Europe’s enlightened technocrats. Source: Internet

Horsell 7- Rarely called into action although kept alert and had to run out on several occasion to scupper the makings of any attacks. Source: Internet

Matthews (2007) p. 72. The Hawthorns is certificated under the highest UEFA pitch surfaces which means it is ready to host almost any competition if required however attendance may scupper this. Source: Internet

He also famously allied with the Tory right-winger Enoch Powell to scupper the government's plan to abolish the voting rights of hereditary peers and create a House of Lords comprising only life peers – a "seraglio of eunuchs" as Foot put it. Source: Internet

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