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Meanings of scupper in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ambush"
Examples for "ambush"
1
This is just the start of the new age of ambush marketing.
2
Azizi said a local affiliate group of Isis was behind the ambush.
3
The ambush occurred near a military encampment called Fire Support Base Ripcord.
4
Suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush put on FBI wanted list CANADENSIS Pa.
5
So the half-breeds laid in ambush the day father started for Washington.
1
Drink long; in this wine lurk the seeds of the life everlasting.
2
Behind the sordid details of Kenneth Starr's report lurk two critical questions.
3
Dangerous plants don't just lurk in Amazon rain forests or tropical jungles.
4
A dreadful order seemed to lurk in the darkest shadows of life.
5
It might lurk in deep ocean waters in areas sensors don't reach.
1
This small loss was sustained almost entirely in the ambuscade near Hoods.
2
In that event he must watch for ambuscade, and dread the night.
3
They rode in close formation, to lessen the chance of an ambuscade.
4
This done, put yourself with your companion in ambuscade before the house.
5
Then he posted us in ambuscade with orders to capture whatever came.
1
We were to lurk in ambush there, and waylay an unwary traveller.
2
Gangs hung about seemingly ready to waylay anyone who appeared relatively defenceless.
3
He was going to waylay me and kill me on the trail.
4
They began to waylay and butcher white men and women and children.
5
He suspected a plot to waylay me, too late to warn me.
1
No one wanted to bushwhack through the forest all afternoon, chasing shadows.
2
I'll bushwhack her as sure as my name is Bill.
3
And at some point, someone will bushwhack up and tug on some lichen-covered holds.
4
A well-trod trail is easier to navigate than a bushwhack.
5
If his handler wanted him dead, this would be a logical place to bushwhack him.
1
The rest of the hunters lie in wait in a secure place.
2
They lie in wait in the narrow passage between Samos and Ithaca.
3
When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
4
Some are ever-present; others lie in wait, and start forth at intervals.
5
Surround the valley with thy hosts and lie in wait for them.
Usage of scupper in English
1
The disruption is likely to scupper travel plans for thousands of customers.
2
But did that split the vote and scupper her chance of success?
3
Islamists hardliners have timed attacks to try to scupper the peace process.
4
Morgan Stanley's legal move had threatened to scupper efforts to restructure Arrium.
5
He found the mate coiled in the scupper, very wet and still.
6
Labour leaders have helped scupper cost cut plans in the past.
7
Opposition from trade unions could slow or even scupper a deal.
8
His company is banking on continued public outrage to scupper the Chinese bid.
9
Legal action could have delayed the transaction, or potentially scupper it.
10
It obstructs the approaches to the 'scupper' in front of my cabin door.
11
Ali Higg might scupper me and the crowd-he mighty likely would.
12
The bullet severed Mr. Thorne's spine and continued on into the port scupper.
13
Then he murmured, Well, skewer me through the scupper, as the sergeant says.
14
Esquelamar knelt in the scupper, thrust his head over the side.
15
Both sides said they were hopeful the violence would not scupper the peace deal.
16
Legal action could delay the $12 billion deal, or potentially scupper it.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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