Today’s “Word of the Day” is scuttle and it is a verb meaning “(intentionally) to cause something to fail; destroy, wreak”.
Example Sentence: The brazen partisanship of central agencies that target the critics of the government is undermining the political system. The claim that all this is being done for fighting corruption and ensuring transparency cannot be taken at face value. All stakeholders must be accountable in a democracy, and the ruling party more so. When accountability is invoked for scuttling the political activity of the Opposition, that can only bode ill for democracy.
This word is present in Scuttling opposition: On Income-Tax department action against the Congress and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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