scuttling
Quick, furtive movement
Scuttling is moving with quick, hurried steps, suggesting haste or furtiveness: Crabs scuttled across the sand, He scuttled out of the room before anyone could question him.
The word evokes small, rapid, slightly undignified movement.
Scuttling also means deliberately sinking a ship by opening holes in the hull—a way to prevent capture or dispose of a vessel.
scurry
Hurried small-stepped motion
skitter · crawl · creep · scrabble · hurry · flee · dash · hustle · sidling · crouch
sinking
Falling through water
breach · flood · destroy · wreck · abandon ship · deliberate · captain · vessel · maritime · torpedoed
- locomotionwalking, running, crawling, swimming, flying
- Naval Eventsnaval battle, sea battle, shipwreck, sinking, collision
- shipwrecksshipwreck, shipwrecks, sunken ships, capsized, derelict
- Danish WWIIGerman occupation, Nazi invasion, Copenhagen, rescue, Gestapo
- maritime crimespiracy, ship hijacking, mutiny, pirate attack, hijacking
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
scuttlingstrolling
Walking at ease
sauntering · striding · strutting · ambling · meandering
scuttlingsalvaging
Recovering discarded or damaged goods
refloating · rescuing · raising · recovering · preserving