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What does scotched mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of scotch
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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.

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