snuff (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuff (out)
Verb
  • Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames by 5 p.m., Meridian Fire Department spokesperson Jordan Robinson said in an email.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 May 2025
  • Officials said the fire, initially limited to one floor, had been extinguished just after 10 p.m., but was on fire again early Tuesday, WUSA reported.
    Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Princess Eugenie is also the founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, which endeavors to eradicate modern slavery, and helped establish Key to Freedom, a social enterprise initiative facilitating a route to market for products made by survivors of trafficking at Women’s Interlink Foundation.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • Yeast overgrowth can often be eradicated with one dose of an oral tablet called fluconazole (Diflucan).
    Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Eight engines, three water tenders, two dozers and one hand crew are working to suppress the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 26 May 2025
  • And in 1955, the McGee Fire burned through much of Converse Basin, consuming second-growth sequoias and demonstrating the dangers of suppressing all fires.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • So, this should lower those percentage gaps in time, if not erase them.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The voices and contributions of women and people of color were overlooked and erased through much of America’s military history.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • But the comeback attempts staged by the visitors were repeatedly quelled by one of their greatest strengths.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • In that case, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds into the air to disperse crowds, with the GHF seeking to quell concerns over its rocky first week of operations in a news release Wednesday.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Currently 20 states have passed laws that would abolish clock changes if they are given permission to do so by the federal government.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
  • Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio de San Mamés was full of tears of joy from Tottenham fans clad in white and players alike at the full-time whistle as the team abolished the reputation for not finishing big matches.
    David Close, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • One of the suspects had to be subdued with a stun gun.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • Investment spending picked up around 2016 but hit a wall with Covid, and has been subdued since.
    William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • This is not the first time the TV host has wiped out on stage.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
  • Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
    Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
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“Snuff (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuff%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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