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snuffed

verb , past tense of snuff

Synonyms and Antonyms of snuffed

1 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

Synonyms of snuffed

nosed, scented, smelled (or chiefly British smelt), sniffed, whiffed

Words Related to snuffed

breathed, drank (in), inhaled, respired

snorted, snuffled

savored (also savoured)

2 to put to death deliberately

the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught

Synonyms of snuffed

assassinated, bumped off, croaked [slang], did in, dispatched, executed, got, iced [slang], knocked off, liquidated, murdered, neutralized, offed [slang], put away, rubbed out, slew, terminated, took out, whacked [slang]

Words Related to snuffed

blew away, shot, shot down

blotted out, carried off, claimed, cut down, destroyed, felled, killed, smote, zapped

butchered, massacred, mowed (down), slaughtered

annihilated, eliminated, eradicated, exterminated, wiped out

Phrases Synonymous with snuffed

Near Antonyms of snuffed

animated, raised, restored, resurrected, resuscitated, revived

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