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scuttle

verb as in destroy

Strong matches

verb as in hurry

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Just then, a hermit crab came scuttling over.

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The accord scuttles a criminal trial that had been scheduled for June in Fort Worth, Texas.

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But as Roz stomped closer and closer, the pigeons scuttled out of the way to let her pass by.

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In recent weeks they got an unlikely ally in loggers who said scuttling the U.S.

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SYDNEY—Australian consumer prices surged in the third quarter, scuttling any hope of a further interest rate cut this year, and potentially in 2026.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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