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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snuff.

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  • If our snuffs are our superfluities of naughtiness, our snuffers then are those righteous reproofs, rebukes, and admonitions, which Christ has ordained to be in his house for good; or, as the apostle hath it, for our edification; and perhaps Paul alludes to these when he bids Titus to rebuke the Cretians sharply, that they might be sound in the faith (Titus 1: 12,13).

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

  • I cannot trust him with the child out of my sight for a moment, for he "snuffs" enormously, and smokes coarse tobacco out of

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

  • His rugged, single-minded approach forehand crosscourt, forehand crosscourt 1,000 times snuffs out Federer's style and versatility, rendering them frustratingly useless.

    A Fitting End to the Year of the Tiger Tom Perrotta 2012

  • This week, in anticipation of the iPhone's addition to the Verizon lineup, AT&T and Verizon both announced yet more price hikes that illustrate the way the wireless industry continually snuffs out any hint of competition suggested by outsiders like Apple and Google.

    Josh Levy: Verizon iBandAid Doesn't Fix the Real Problem Josh Levy 2011

  • "That is a noble goal, but not if it's done in a way that snuffs out the voices of the people."

    Jagged Maps Slice Up Old Alliances Naftali Bendavid 2011

  • “Show them how a sniper snuffs out a life without a second thought.”

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • This week, in anticipation of the iPhone's addition to the Verizon lineup, AT&T and Verizon both announced yet more price hikes that illustrate the way the wireless industry continually snuffs out any hint of competition suggested by outsiders like Apple and Google.

    Josh Levy: Verizon iBandAid Doesn't Fix the Real Problem Josh Levy 2011

  • This week, in anticipation of the iPhone's addition to the Verizon lineup, AT&T and Verizon both announced yet more price hikes that illustrate the way the wireless industry continually snuffs out any hint of competition suggested by outsiders like Apple and Google.

    Josh Levy: Verizon iBandAid Doesn't Fix the Real Problem Josh Levy 2011

  • And the stock-horse snuffs the battle with delight.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • This week, in anticipation of the iPhone's addition to the Verizon lineup, AT&T and Verizon both announced yet more price hikes that illustrate the way the wireless industry continually snuffs out any hint of competition suggested by outsiders like Apple and Google.

    Josh Levy: Verizon iBandAid Doesn't Fix the Real Problem Josh Levy 2011

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