0 present participle of scuttle
1 to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape:
2 to intentionally sink a ship, especially your own, in order to prevent it from being taken by an enemy
3 to stop something happening, or to cause a plan to fail
But if the end must come, let it not be by scuttling.
Certainly when one gets into the position of scuttling a ship and claiming its full insurance value one is dealing with very large sums indeed.
I do not suppose there was ever a milder man charged with the duty of scuttling a ship or of destroying constitutional practice.
One is aimed at scuttling the prospect of devolution after one year and the other provides a reasonable chance.
They have statutory duties which they ought to perform, and the scuttling of justice does nothing for those involved in the dispute.
What nonsense it is to talk of scuttling and surrender.
I want to be clear on this point about scuttling.
Here we are, microscopic creatures scuttling about on the surface of a minor planet circling round a second-rate star in one of halt-a-million galaxies.
