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What does scotched mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of scotch
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The journalist suggests that his investigation may have been what scotched the Kerik nomination.
Credit rating agency Standard and Poors has scotched claims that the economy has bottomed out and recovery is imminent.
Meanwhile, the European commission seems to have scotched the idea of local authorities imposing any sort of blanket ban.
The US scotched repeated attempts at the UN to establish a peacekeeping force on the ground in the Territories.
The high command had decided to launch the invasion on the 5th of June, but bad weather had scotched that date.
Union leaders scotched the strike after the company's management agreed to recommence negotiations on wages and related issues.

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