SNUFFED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffed

verb

past tense of snuff

as in sniffed

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel

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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 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 The Kamloops, British Columbia, native snuffed out a clean look less than two minutes in after DU had a sloppy turnover in its own D zone. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026 Matheus Cunha’s raking ball to set Bryan Mbeumo free was outstanding in the context of the game, but there was a temptation to wonder whether Branthwaite’s extra speed would have snuffed out the threat before Mbeumo was able to feed Sesko. —

Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 The Suns opened the fourth with a 9-0 run, but a 3-pointer by Harper, followed by an and-one White floater and another three by Scheierman, snuffed out the brief rally. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026 Maye had three turnovers in Super Bowl 60, including a ghastly, unforced interception that snuffed a semi-decent comeback chance. —

Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Reyes also owns a victory over Boxing Hall of Famer Jaime Clampitt-Hayes, who was a four-time world champion before making a comeback in her 40s that got partially snuffed out by Reyes. —

Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026 Their gross mismanagement of the situation ultimately led to an innocent American, who was only trying to document the actions of ICE and the Border Patrol by lawfully videoing them using his cell phone, having his young life prematurely snuffed out. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026 That light has been snuffed out. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026

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The speedy outfielder hadn’t sniffed the big leagues in five years.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
At the time, fellow Arab leaders sniffed, but today, with the enormous cost of regional chaos weighing directly on the Gulf, the king’s words are prescient.

— Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026