SNUFFED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffed

verb

past tense of snuff

as in sniffed

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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as in assassinated

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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Not about the man, but about the streets that had been named in his honor after he was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Later on, two years after that, there was a father of another friend of mine who was assassinated by the Brazilian military government.

Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024

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