scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled) ( 1 transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
One of the most commonly spoken languages in the world is French, which has an estimated 160 million speakers. Besides being the official language of France, it is commonly spoken in many other countries around the globe, such as Canada, Belgium, Cameroon, Haiti and Rwanda.
1 French is the 9th most widely spoken language on the planet and the only one, together with English, to be spoken on all five continents.  60% of French speakers are under 30 years old. In most of the IOF member countries, 60% of the population is under 30 years old.