snuffs (out)

present tense third-person singular of snuff (out)
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffs (out)
Verb
  • The 27-year-old's extension extinguishes any remaining embers surrounding the possibility of the Mavericks trading him this offseason.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
    Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And how a democratic society responds to its leaders can make the difference between a free society and one in which a leader increasingly suppresses the voices, rights and will of the governed.
    Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The partner who suppresses becomes less visible in the relationship.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This pledge erases dissenting Israeli voices, legitimizes falsehoods, and shields Hamas from blame.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But how often can the Pats bank on Drake Maye enjoying the best start of his career, while Antonio Gibson erases a Dolphins punt return touchdown with his own return touchdown on the next play?
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While the presumption was always that Messi would renew with the Herons, the news quells any lingering anxiety.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty years later, an adult Guinevere is building her ghostwriting career when her estranged artist brother announces an installation titled Mother, which quells disturbing revelations in Guinevere.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Most of the time, a person’s immune system identifies and destroys these cells.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Jake and Vince have an unbreakable bond that destroys everyone and everything, but as Law points out, their issues are rooted in their early family life.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Snuffs (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffs%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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