0 past simple and past participle of scotch
Any untoward expansion of output, whenever it occurs, must immediately be scotched.
It is probably wrong, but things like that have got to be scotched.
That myth has been well and truly scotched.
That is the myth that is being put about and it needs to be scotched.
We now know that the so-called reform, proposals have been scotched.
We thought we had scotched baby farming, but recent cases show we have not.
That is quite untrue and the idea could be scotched by looking at the figures.
The surprise result definitely scotched all the allegations that the election would be stolen by cheating by the authorities.
