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scuttle

verb as in destroy

Strong matches

verb as in hurry

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The most “national” political elements being the first to scuttle their own country’s interests on behalf of foreign powers has numerous foreign analogs.

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The next year, the Board of Supervisors scuttled Tung’s nomination to the Police Commission because, in the climate following George Floyd’s murder, she was seen as too pro-police.

They began discussing it years ago in its initial preproduction stage before the pandemic, when the project was temporarily scuttled and recast.

In text messages cited in the complaint, Nathan appears to indicate that news coverage of human resources complaints stemming from “It Ends With Us” was scuttled through the team’s efforts.

The Greenleaf Promenade grew out of a smaller pilot project that was scuttled by the pandemic, according to city officials.

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

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