Examples of scotched

• 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.