snuffs

verb

present tense third-person singular of snuff
1
as in sniffs
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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2
as in assassinates
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 snuffs Then is too stoic to open up, but then the appearance of the book magically snuffs out that flicker of tension. — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffs
  1. sniffs
  2. assassinates
  3. smells
  4. murders
  5. inhales
  6. slays
  7. kills
  8. executes
Verb
  • Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The look of sheer repressed, stymied rage/laughter on Raph’s face when Paul sniffs the Oreos instead is one of the episode’s biggest laughs.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Definition of sniffs
Verb
  • That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.
    — Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of assassinates
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  • Imagine tall trees across the lake, a calm breeze, children laughing in the distance, the scent of your old canvas tent – there’s no forgetting the sights, sounds, smells and feel of summer camp.
    — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Billingsley said his crews were able to save some of the family’s possessions with tarps and rugs, but the Merazes have been advised that any clothing or furniture that still smells like smoke needs to be disposed of.
    — Noah Daly July 11, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026
Definition of smells
Verb
  • Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of murders
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  • The chemical is particularly tough on the human respiratory system and, depending on how much a person inhales, MMA can cause everything from sore throats and cough to dizziness, nausea and, at the highest levels, damage to the nervous system, Kleinman said.
    — Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Definition of inhales
Verb
  • Kerry Washington completely dismissing Seth Meyers’s home life absolutely slays.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • With the Land Rover Terrain Response System offering modes comprising Eco, Dynamic, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud & Ruts, Sand, Rock Crawl, and Wade, the tech takes the geographic and meteorological elements and slays them with a flick of a control.
    — John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of slays
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  • Thicker components typically mean massive internal resistance, which kills electrical current.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • In contrast, spraying visible ants often kills only a small portion of the colony while leaving the nest intact, with millions of workers ready to replace the small population killed by a contact spray.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of kills
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  • But changing how the world executes agreements was never just about software.
    — Keith Krach, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of executes

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