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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"word": "nieluaukko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"word": "valumisreikä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dalot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Speigat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Speigatt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "boúnia",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "μπούνια"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "avík",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָבִיק"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spýjurenna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lensport"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dalot"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špigát",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпига́т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lakomica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imbornal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "nautical: drainage hole",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spygatt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet",
"word": "valumisaukko"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvérstije",
"sense": "architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дренажное отве́рстие"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drenažni otvor"
}
],
"word": "scupper"
}
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"text": "Coordinate term: scuttle"
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"text": "The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.",
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"ref": "2002 July 2, Hugo Young, “We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice”, in The Guardian",
"text": "This is the face of American exceptionalism[…] threatening to scupper both the court and, failing that, UN peace-keeping operations in Bosnia and anywhere else the US might have forces deployed on such work.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media",
"text": "Anthony Watson’s late interception and Owen Farrell’s 100% kicking contribution also helped scupper the Wallabies, despite the promise of their exciting new centre Jordan Petaia and the roadrunner pace of winger Marika Koroibete.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in RAIL, page 62",
"text": "Pacers should have all been withdrawn by now, but that has been scuppered by a failure to deliver new trains on time and delays to infrastructure projects. The most high-profile withdrawals were to be Northern's Class 142s and '144s' (the latter by the end of 2018, and the '142s' by the end of last year).",
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"(British) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another."
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"tags": [
"UK"
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"ipa": "/ˈskʌp.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌpə(ɹ)"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/En-au-scupper.ogg",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "dwarsbomen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "vernietigen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "romuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "pilata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "tehdä tyhjäksi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "zerstören"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "ruinieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "avversare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "bruciare"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "baltalamak",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "بالطهلامق"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gubítʹ",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "губи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pogubitʹ",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "погубить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "potopiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "torpedirati"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "torpedera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "stjälpa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "kullkasta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "sänka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "stäcka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thwart, destroy",
"word": "omintetgöra"
}
],
"word": "scupper"
}
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