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as in to assassinate
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 snuff
The culture war is burning too hot for a class war to snuff it out anytime soon.
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
But Indianapolis police and community leaders say the change gives officers more leeway to snuff out criminal activity at an underachieving site where many people feel uneasy.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Loki responds by aiming his mace to obliterate the old man, ready to snuff out his act of defiance.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 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
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
But Indianapolis police and community leaders say the change gives officers more leeway to snuff out criminal activity at an underachieving site where many people feel uneasy.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Loki responds by aiming his mace to obliterate the old man, ready to snuff out his act of defiance.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuff
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The speedy outfielder hadn’t sniffed the big leagues in five years.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The technique creates genetic probes that can sniff out the canid DNA from the microbial DNA that can contaminate very old remains.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah, for the longest time, was strong-arming other parties, and they are accused of assassinating a former Prime Minister.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ali Larijani Ali Larijani, who was assassinated on March 17, 2026, was one of the Islamic Republic’s most experienced political insiders.—
Mehrzad Boroujerdi,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Investigators described a foul-smelling place with bags and bottles of fetuses and jars of body parts, along with bloodstained furniture and dirty medical instruments.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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And hand sanitizers, shampoos and liquid soaps smell good and can be confused for water or milk.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mary Callahan has a frightening theory about why her husband was murdered in Miami.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Wielding his ancient rulebook, the Lawyer spends much of the movie watching the carnage occur as a pair of sadistic twins (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy) and other hunters try to track down and murder Grace and Faith (Kathryn Newton), her estranged sister who gets roped into this mess.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Studies have shown how lead particles that fell to the ground were kicked back up into the air again where people could inhale them, along with other contaminants.—
Armin Sorooshian,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Humans are evolutionarily designed for hunting and gathering — not for lifting 50-pound boxes for eight hours straight or inhaling toxic dust in an industrial sanding booth.—
Vivek Ranadive,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Spoiler alert on this 400-year-old novel, but Don Quixote doesn't actually slay any giants or rescue any princesses.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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Merrimack did not slay the giant last week only to open the door for someone else to make it to the Hockey East championship game.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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But Smith is the type of player that always seems to execute when the pressure mounts, and his clutch play down the stretch could be the difference in the Sweet 16.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
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And a new generation of large-scale artificial intelligence tools is further reshaping the way both countries approach and execute their military operations.—
Rafi Schwartz,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei replaced his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader after the ayatollah was killed at the start of the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The World Health Organization and Lebanese health authorities said more than 100 of those killed were children.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Snuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuff. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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