Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scupper
Participle: scuppered
Gerund: scuppering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scupper |
| you | scupper |
| he;she;it | scuppers |
| we | scupper |
| you | scupper |
| they | scupper |
Perfect
| I | have scuppered |
| you | have scuppered |
| he;she;it | has scuppered |
| we | have scuppered |
| you | have scuppered |
| they | have scuppered |
Past
| I | scuppered |
| you | scuppered |
| he;she;it | scuppered |
| we | scuppered |
| you | scuppered |
| they | scuppered |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuppered |
| you | had scuppered |
| he;she;it | had scuppered |
| we | had scuppered |
| you | had scuppered |
| they | had scuppered |
Future
| I | will scupper |
| you | will scupper |
| he;she;it | will scupper |
| we | will scupper |
| you | will scupper |
| they | will scupper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scuppered |
| you | will have scuppered |
| he;she;it | will have scuppered |
| we | will have scuppered |
| you | will have scuppered |
| they | will have scuppered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scupper |
| you | scupper |
| he;she;it | scupper |
| we | scupper |
| you | scupper |
| they | scupper |
Perfect
| I | have scuppered |
| you | have scuppered |
| he;she;it | have scuppered |
| we | have scuppered |
| you | have scuppered |
| they | have scuppered |
Imperfect
| I | scuppered |
| you | scuppered |
| he;she;it | scuppered |
| we | scuppered |
| you | scuppered |
| they | scuppered |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuppered |
| you | had scuppered |
| he;she;it | had scuppered |
| we | had scuppered |
| you | had scuppered |
| they | had scuppered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scupper |
| you | would scupper |
| he;she;it | would scupper |
| we | would scupper |
| you | would scupper |
| they | would scupper |
Perfect
| I | would have scuppered |
| you | would have scuppered |
| he;she;it | would have scuppered |
| we | would have scuppered |
| you | would have scuppered |
| they | would have scuppered |
Imperative
| you | scupper |
| we | Let's scupper |
| you | scupper |
Verbs conjugated like 'scupper'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scupper'
supper,
copper,
crupper,
scamper,
scarper,
scepter,
scumber,
scummer,
scunner,
scutter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to put to death; to extinguish life.
- annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely.
Sample Sentences
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The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
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["]The only chance was to get the guns and try a rescue. Of course they may scupper them at once in revenge.["] [1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:]
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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. [2002 July 2, Hugo Young, “We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice”, in The Guardian:]
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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. [2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:]
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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). [2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in RAIL, page 62:]