Translation of "affossare" into English

C'era gia'un accordo, ma papa'lo ha affossato perche'mi odia.

Now, there was a deal in place before, but daddy killed it because he hates me.

Trovo perciò inaccettabile che un progetto importante, proposto dalla Commissione su pressione del Parlamento, venga ora affossato.

It is therefore unacceptable that an important project proposed by the Commission under parliamentary pressure should now be ditched.