scupper

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. noun A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
3. verb To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

   The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

Similar words

bushwhack ambuscade waylay ambush lie in wait expose lurk endanger peril queer

Often followed by

the holes any and his a pipes it their

Word family

scuppered scuppering scuppers