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as in murdering
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 snuffing
Throughout the country, especially in the Jim Crow South, degrading Black life, snuffing it out, was an established pastime.
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Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Despite Tiffany Ervin wanting to blindside Rizo Velovic and flush out his idol, the group remained in lockstep on snuffing Rick's torch.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
The lefty has premium stuff and showed it again Thursday, snuffing out Seattle’s best chance to win the game.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
From accidental black holes to worries that chemical experiments might suddenly freeze all Earth’s oceans, this is the story of concerns scientists are on the brink of discovering exotic, deadly new forms of matter or life that might quickly spread, snuffing us out.
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Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
Sneaking up and snuffing an enemy requires engaging in CQC (close quarters combat), which lets players grab a bad guy to choke, interrogate, or outright body slam.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Despite Tiffany Ervin wanting to blindside Rizo Velovic and flush out his idol, the group remained in lockstep on snuffing Rick's torch.
—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
The lefty has premium stuff and showed it again Thursday, snuffing out Seattle’s best chance to win the game.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.
—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
From accidental black holes to worries that chemical experiments might suddenly freeze all Earth’s oceans, this is the story of concerns scientists are on the brink of discovering exotic, deadly new forms of matter or life that might quickly spread, snuffing us out.
—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
Sneaking up and snuffing an enemy requires engaging in CQC (close quarters combat), which lets players grab a bad guy to choke, interrogate, or outright body slam.
—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffing
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Musk and SpaceX have a true nose for money, including sniffing out government infusions and contracts.
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The streamer on June 8 dropped an adorable photo of the real Great Dane puppy, as well as a brief teaser video that shows Scooby-Doo sniffing around in the woods before being picked up by Shaggy.
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The ruling handed down on Tuesday affirmed the judgment of a May 2025 hearing presided over by Cuyahoga County judge Nancy Margaret Russo, the same judge who found Shirilla guilty of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo (no relation) and their friend, Davion Flanagan, in a 2022 car crash.
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Sam Worthington leads the series as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence for murdering his own son five years ago.
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Tough and compact, standing at 4 feet tall, these gorgeous roses ensure a sweet-smelling and visually appealing presence.
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Dust mites and humidity can also lead to a musty-smelling mattress.
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Since the start of the war in 2022, Ukrainian military intelligence has claimed responsibility for assassinating several senior Russian officers, some of whom have appeared on a public list of Ukraine’s enemies.
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Yes, assassinating their leaders might have played into that.
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Typically, hantavirus spreads by inhaling particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents.
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Take 30 to 40 deep cyclical breaths, inhaling fully into the belly and chest, exhaling without force.
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The new team, nicknamed the Vatreni (the blazers or the fiery ones), was considered a rank outsider, and few expected the masterful giant-slaying campaign that Croatia delivered.
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Kim — who faces murder charges in a 2016 killing in San Jose and a 2018 slaying in Westminster — was flown into Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, booked into the Anaheim city jail, turned over to the San Jose Police Department and then transported to Santa Clara County.
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Markets may not simply reward utilities exposed to electricity demand growth, but rather those capable of executing projects at unprecedented scale and complexity.
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In May, Reuters reported that a Sudanese RSF commander who had been arrested after videos surfaced of him executing people in El Fasher was released from prison and is back on the battlefield, back to active duty.
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In January 2024, Mansfield confessed to killing 18-year-old Carol Ann Barrett more than four decades earlier.
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He is accused of killing a man on March 13, 2022, Broward court records show.
Cite this Entry
“Snuffing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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