scuttle
have scuttled
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present perfectof scuttle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The SpaceX IPO filing is full of so many red flags that it would have scuttled other launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Purdue appealed that decision, which, if left standing, could have scuttled a common method of reaching settlements in sweeping, complicated lawsuits.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
That first sample failure was stressful, however, and if the problems continued, they could have scuttled the once-in-a-lifetime chance to gather and return pristine material from Mars.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 17, 2022
Scorpions have scuttled around on Earth for around 435 million years with a flexible, segmented body part, also called a metasoma.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Or perhaps the chairs and tables, like rats in a leaky ship, have scuttled off, as it were, now that fashion has wrecked the home.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Fritz August Gottfried Endell
