{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/ampersand/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"What Are Ampersands and How Do You Use Them?","content":{"topicLabel":"Informal writing"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/what-are-ampersands-and-how-do-you-use-them-20251013.png","description":"We explain the finer points of the ampersand's use — from informal writing to company names.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/quiz-yourself-on-anytime-vs-any-time","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"quiz-yourself-on-anytime-vs-any-time","questionNumber":"2"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/face-in-clouds-emoji/","text":"How Are You Using the Face in Clouds Emoji 😶‍🌫️?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/white-tie-vs-black-tie/","text":"White Tie vs. Black Tie: Which Is More Formal?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pasta-shapes-names/","text":"All the Pasta Shape Names Explained: How Many Do You Know?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/comfort-character/","text":"Who's Your Comfort Character?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/","text":"Why Do We Capitalize the Pronoun \"I\"?"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/soccer-or-football/","text":"Why Do Americans Call Football \"Soccer\"?"}],"topicLabel":"⚽ Sports"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/name-meanings-in-dictionary/","text":"Is Your Name in the Dictionary?"}],"topicLabel":"Look yourself up"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers"}],"topicLabel":"Writing tips"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"oQCEFqO4T41j9euUxB8H7","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6737339-10","sentence":"Luckily, the man scuttled back into his vehicle and drove off as soon as I looked him in the eye and sized him up.","source":{"sourceName":"Salon","publicationDate":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-13T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.salon.com/2025/10/13/humor-isnt-optional-its-necessary-therapy-for-maga-male-rage/","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Andrea Mazzarino","title":"Humor isn't optional — it's necessary therapy for MAGA male rage - Salon.com"},"offsets":[17,25]},{"id":"6727154-64","sentence":"Two of the wind projects were scuttled by developers, while three others got built.","source":{"sourceName":"Salon","publicationDate":"2025-08-17T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-08-17T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.salon.com/2025/08/17/how-one-oregon-activist-is-using-a-liberal-policy-to-stall-green-energy-projects/","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Tony Schick","title":"How one Oregon activist Is using a liberal policy to stall green energy projects"},"offsets":[30,38]},{"id":"6723693-8","sentence":"“Nothing in this partisan, previously scuttled document changes that,” Warner said in a statement on Wednesday.","source":{"sourceName":"Salon","publicationDate":"2025-07-23T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-07-23T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.salon.com/2025/07/23/dems-gabbards-obama-coup-claim-a-distraction-from-epstein/","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Garrett Owen","title":"Dems: Gabbard's Obama \"coup\" claim a distraction from Epstein"},"offsets":[38,46]},{"id":"6720511-60","sentence":"A Times photographer and I, slightly underdressed, scuttled past the valet and into the backyard.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-07-02T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-07-02T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-02/i-covered-the-palisades-fire-so-i-had-my-blood-tested-for-lead","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Noah Haggerty","title":"I covered the L.A. fires in the Palisades. So I had my blood tested for lead"},"offsets":[51,59]},{"id":"6698845-32","sentence":"The next year, the Board of Supervisors scuttled Tung’s nomination to the Police Commission because, in the climate following George Floyd’s murder, she was seen as too pro-police.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-02-09T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-02-09T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-02-09/san-francisco-democrats-chair-move-party-toward-middle-nancy-tung","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Mark Z. Barabak","title":"Column: In San Francisco, a political tremor — the rise of Democratic moderation"},"offsets":[40,48]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"scuttled"},"requestId":"y2aKiZls1PGscPrSzhxdZ","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"slug":"scuttled"},"meta":{"arg":"scuttled","requestId":"bjoON1zeEd9tMR_lsUlVG","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T15:06:48Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"scuttled","standardForm":"scuttled"},"id":"6097fa88000000029e00fcab","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T15:06:48Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"scuttled","groups":["c","d","e","l","s","t","tt","u"],"numLetters":8,"reverse":"delttucs","subwordTokens":["scuttled","cuttled","uttled","ttled","tled","led","ed","d"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"6097fa88000000029e00fcb0","ordinal":1,"shortText":"destroy","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"abandon","id":"6097f6570000000324008f3e","slug":"abandon"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"sink","id":"6097f7c8000000018b0075b6","slug":"sink"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"submerge","id":"6097f7f5000000035a0071cd","slug":"submerge"},"similarity":50}]},{"antonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"walk","id":"6097f8890000000165000227","slug":"walk"},"similarity":-50}],"id":"6097fa88000000029e00fcbc","ordinal":2,"shortText":"hurry","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"scamper","id":"6097f7ac000000013f007533","slug":"scamper"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"scurry","id":"6097f7b900000002f000cd9f","slug":"scurry"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"bustle","id":"6097fa0800000000d80071cf","slug":"bustle"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"dash","id":"6097fb640000000215006b73","slug":"dash"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"hasten","id":"6097fc1000000002c300e86a","slug":"hasten"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"race","id":"6097f78400000000cc00bf29","slug":"race"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"run","id":"6097f7ac000000013f00e3ca","slug":"run"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"scramble","id":"6097f7b900000002f000afaf","slug":"scramble"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"sprint","id":"6097f7e800000000310026ab","slug":"sprint"},"similarity":50}]}],"id":"6097fa88bb1f88f7c11de931","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"6451970d000000032f0086b6","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.flac","mpeg":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.mp3","ogg":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.ogg","wav":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.wav"},"id":"6451970d000000032f0086b7","ipa":{"text":"ˈskʌt ld"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3,4],"html":"skuht-ld","text":"skuht-ld"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"scuttled","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"scuttled","requestId":"EUkK6al7Lf9OpxbYC1ys8","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2022-12-17T19:41:14Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"scuttled","standardForm":"scuttled","syllabicForm":"scut·tled"},"id":"639e1b5a00000003980030ba","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2022-12-17T19:41:14Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"scuttled","groups":["c","d","e","l","s","t","tt","u"],"numLetters":8,"reverse":"delttucs","subwordTokens":["scuttled","cuttled","uttled","ttled","tled","led","ed","d"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"639e1b5a0000000398003274","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1740–50; scuttle ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; scuttle ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"It is important to ensure that the scuttled vessel is suitably weighted and negatively buoyant so it will sink rapidly and remain stable on the bottom."}],"id":"639e1b5a00000003980030c2","ordinal":1,"source":"dcom","tags":[{"tag":"Nautical","type":"category"},{"tag":"Naval","type":"category"}],"text":"(of a vessel) deliberately sunk, often by opening seacocks or making openings in the hull."},{"examples":[{"sentence":"In the fallout over the scuttled deal, two executives were fired for ethical violations related to the negotiations."}],"id":"639e1b5a0000000398003270","ordinal":2,"source":"dcom","text":"abandoned, dropped, cut, or thwarted, as a hope, plan, program, etc.."}],"id":"639e1b5a00000003980030bf","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"adjective"},{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"scuttle","id":"55680df4000000016700f505","slug":"scuttle"}}],"id":"639e1b5a00000003980030c7","ordinal":1,"source":"dcom","text":"the simple past tense and past participle of scuttle."}],"id":"639e1b5a00000003980030c4","ordinal":2,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"6451970d000000032f0086b6","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.flac","mpeg":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.mp3","ogg":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.ogg","wav":"NEW2016/scuttled_010/scuttled_010.wav"},"id":"6451970d000000032f0086b7","ipa":{"text":"ˈskʌt ld"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3,4],"html":"skuht-ld","text":"skuht-ld"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"scuttled","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"scuttled","requestId":"BGFxGXEBVbz2kE8ASuNrt","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"scuttled","slug":"scuttled"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"cuttle","slug":"cuttle"},{"displayForm":"cuttle","slug":"cuttle"},{"displayForm":"cuttle","slug":"cuttle"},{"displayForm":"scutter","slug":"scutter"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"scuttled","slug":"scuttled"},{"displayForm":"scuttle","slug":"scuttle"},{"displayForm":"scutter","slug":"scutter"},{"displayForm":"settled","slug":"settled"},{"displayForm":"shuttle","slug":"shuttle"},{"displayForm":"scuttling","slug":"scuttling"},{"displayForm":"scuttlebutt","slug":"scuttlebutt"},{"displayForm":"battled","slug":"battled"},{"displayForm":"bottled","slug":"bottled"},{"displayForm":"cutter","slug":"cutter"},{"displayForm":"hurtled","slug":"hurtled"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"scuttled"},"requestId":"i6XClyItw9yo6ehFmdQ-X","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

scuttled

Example Sentences