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as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately
the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught
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Recent Examples of snuffed
Olivia Hall, also a senior two-way player, had a TD catch, a number of flag pulls and an interception that snuffed out a Nature Coast scoring chance.
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Any regular-season offensive sets will be identified and snuffed out.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
Women are, of course, snuffed out far too often, and sometimes in ways that underscore their particular vulnerabilities—but the homicide victimization rate is much higher for men.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
His best work came in the third quarter of Game 3, when Walsh entered and snuffed out a Maxey run after the latter had scored 10 points in less than two minutes.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
The wing-back will hope his chance at Sunday has not been snuffed out by injury.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
That light has been snuffed out.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
For another person, having the flaws in one’s assumptions dissected before an audience of peers might have snuffed out any curiosity about human evolution.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
How deeply sad that a man who worked so effectively to give young men an alternative to lives of violence would have his own life snuffed out, self-evidently by young men who chose the wrong path.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Any regular-season offensive sets will be identified and snuffed out.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
Women are, of course, snuffed out far too often, and sometimes in ways that underscore their particular vulnerabilities—but the homicide victimization rate is much higher for men.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
His best work came in the third quarter of Game 3, when Walsh entered and snuffed out a Maxey run after the latter had scored 10 points in less than two minutes.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
The wing-back will hope his chance at Sunday has not been snuffed out by injury.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
That light has been snuffed out.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
For another person, having the flaws in one’s assumptions dissected before an audience of peers might have snuffed out any curiosity about human evolution.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
How deeply sad that a man who worked so effectively to give young men an alternative to lives of violence would have his own life snuffed out, self-evidently by young men who chose the wrong path.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffed
Verb
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Jokic has never sniffed an All-Defensive Team as a center.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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But none of that seemed to matter because the Mets went on to lose that game, 7-1, and haven't sniffed a victory since.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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These attacks often provided a larger cultural pretext for the campaigns of extralegal political violence that terrorized Black voters in the South, assassinated political leaders, and marred the integrity of several of the region’s major elections.—
Robert D. Bland,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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An al-Qaida affiliate and an allied separatist group assassinated Mali’s defense minister and captured key territory in the country’s north during the attacks.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The air smelled faintly of lunch and feet.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Matamala had smelled smoke in the air in the early evening; within five hours, flames had reached the house.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last week, Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew was murdered in the line of duty by a seven-time felon on parole who had multiple criminal arrest warrants, according to authorities.—
Silvana Tabares,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The case of 19-year-old Kristin Smart, who was murdered in her California Polytechnic State University dorm room in 1996, went cold until 2019 when Christopher Lambert, then a Cal Poly student, started a podcast, Your Own Backyard.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Due to the processes that humidifiers use to vaporize water, all of those minerals can potentially wind up in the form of mineral dust, which quickly gathers on the surfaces of your room, or worse, it can be inhaled and cause respiratory problems.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This personal protective gear will help prevent the dust and pieces of ceiling texture from coming into contact with your skin, getting into your eyes, or being inhaled.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Chasing Horse was taken into custody in 2023 after Las Vegas police executed a search warrant at his home.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Federal and state law enforcement executed search warrants in Minnesota early on April 28 in connection with an ongoing fraud probe that has embroiled the state, officials said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The owners of an apartment building in Manhattan where three people were killed in a fast-moving fire early Monday are being sued by the city for neglecting fire hazards at a neighboring property, court documents show.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Mohamed Soliman, 46, faces 184 charges in Boulder County District Court in connection with the June 1 attack that killed one woman and injured 29 others.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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