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scuttling

verb as in destroy

Strong matches

verb as in hurry

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Example Sentences

These faceless and thankfully fangless insects might at first give the comic impression of scuttling in search of food.

But out of the long grass shot a warthog, her tail antennae-straight, with piglets scuttling behind.

Cooper took it all in stride, scuttling off-stage and layering back up with coat and gloves.

La Toya quietly cut a deal for her own Barbara Walters interview, scuttling a plan for a family-wide ABC special.

Only a lizard scuttling over the dark-washed bedroom wall, first cousin to the chameleon you saw at Abu Simbel.

He had just got to the top when the lights went out a second time, and he heard again the scuttling along the floor.

It approached, and as it grew the shouts of rage in the Great Hall ceased, and a roar of scuttling feet was heard.

Twice they heard a sloshing a few feet away, and then the scuttling of an unseen animal.

Guess was sitting in the sun, blinking lazily at a beetle which had been disturbed, and was now scuttling away for dear life.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scuttling, such as: abandon, sink, and submerge.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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