Scupper Synonyms

skŭpər
Wait in hiding to attack
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ambush
  2. bushwhack
  3. waylay
  4. lurk
  5. ambuscade
  6. lie-in-wait
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. queer
  2. expose
  3. endanger
  4. peril

Words Related to Scupper

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Scupper Sentence Examples

  • I hope that a vocal minority will not scupper the Crowness project for the rest of us.

  • It isn't long before his desires become inexorable and he sets out to scupper what he can't have leading to an explosive nail-biting climax.

  • If not reversed, he said " it would completely scupper any bid " by the United States for the Summer or Winter Games.

  • The politicization of relief complicates the provision of aid, and may yet scupper the effective reconstruction of Iraq.

  • I suspect this will scupper the chances of 1 or 2 of the transfer burning leaders.

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