| Union leaders scotched the strike after the company's management agreed to recommence negotiations on wages and related issues. |
| History teaches us that unless these pernicious tendencies are scotched, they grow to become unmanageable monsters later on. |
| The journalist suggests that his investigation may have been what scotched the Kerik nomination. |
| The government should have scotched this one immediately or announced the appointment. |
| So there was a possibility that Italy could even tilt the balance in the final, but Brazil scotched all hopes with an excellent display. |
| Credit rating agency Standard and Poors has scotched claims that the economy has bottomed out and recovery is imminent. |
