scuppered
Plans were ruined
Scuppered means ruined, thwarted, or sunk—originally a nautical term for deliberately sinking a ship by opening holes in the hull.
The figurative sense dominates modern use, especially in British English: Our plans were scuppered by the weather, The scandal scuppered his chances of promotion.
To scupper something is to defeat or destroy it decisively.
Forced beneath water
- shipwreckedStranded by maritime disaster
- capsizedFlipped upside down, nautically
- founderedSank or failed utterly
- scuttledSank intentionally
holed · torpedoed · submerged · drowned · flooded · wrecked · beached · grounded
Prevented from succeeding
- foiledPrevented from succeeding
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- torpedoedHit by naval explosive
undermined · derailed · sabotaged · defeated · frustrated · checkmated · counteracted · nullified
sunk
Forced beneath water
- shipwreckedStranded by maritime disaster
- capsizedFlipped upside down, nautically
- founderedSank or failed utterly
scuttled · holed · torpedoed · submerged · drowned · flooded · wrecked · beached · grounded · listing
thwarted
Prevented from succeeding
torpedoed · undermined · derailed · sabotaged · defeated · frustrated · checkmated · counteracted · nullified · scotched