Today’s “Word of the Day” is “scupper“ and it is a verb meaning “ruin, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, damage, spoil, mess up“.
Example Sentence: Prof Danny Altmann, from Imperial College London, warned that the Indian mutation of the virus could “scupper” the UK’s path to further easing of restrictions, despite the lockdown and vaccine programme leading to cases falling to a seven-month low.
This word is present in The Guardian article Add India to UK travel ban list to stop Covid variant, urges scientist and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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