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snuff2  audio  (snf) KEY 

NOUN:
The charred portion of a candlewick.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
snuffed, snuff·ing, snuffs
  1. To extinguish: snuffed out the candles.
  2. To put a sudden end to: lives that were snuffed out by car accidents.
  3. Slang To kill; murder.
  4. To cut off the charred portion of (a candlewick).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English snoffe, possibly of Low German origin


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