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snuff out

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Pelosi and Reid will work to snuff out any legislation that could force Obama to take unpopular stands.

To snuff out a candle accidentally entails the fate of not getting married in the same year.

The bookseller was moved: he took a huge pinch of snuff out of his waistcoat pocket, and mused a moment.

I snuff out the candles, on the supposition that this is perhaps a case of phosphorescence; but I never perceive anything.

As he now appeared in his doorway, towelling his hands, Wemmick got on his great-coat and stood by to snuff out the candles.

I'd lash the beggar to a tree and leave him to snuff out for hisself.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to snuff out, such as: blow away, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, and do away with.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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