scuttle

  1. Noun.  A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
  2. Noun.  (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
  3. Noun.  A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action; generally done when the ship's capture was imminent.
  5. Verb.  (context, by extension, in figurative use) Intentionally undermine or thwart oneself, or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare (term, scupper) .
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

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