Meanings (ES + gloss)
barrenar
To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
"My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the cr…
The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.
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