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scuppered

scuppered is the simple past and past participle of scupper.

Meaning of scupper

Verb

scupper (third-person singular simple present scuppers, present participle scuppering, simple past and past participle scuppered)

  1. (UK, transitive) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
    • The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

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Questions about scuppered

What is scuppered the simple past and past participle of?
Scuppered is the simple past and past participle of scupper.

Words near scuppered in the dictionary

  1. scupper hoses
  2. scupper nail
  3. scupper nails
  4. scupper plug
  5. scupper plugs
  6. scuppered
  7. scuppering
  8. scuppernong
  9. scuppernongs
  10. scuppers
  11. scuppet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scuppered (page history and authors); scupper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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