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snuffing
verb(snuff)
to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light
snuffing
verb(snuff)
to extinguish by or as if by the use of a candlesnuffer —often used with out
snuffing
verb(snuff)
to make extinct : put an end to —usually used with out; also : kill, execute
snuffing
verb(snuff)
to draw forcibly through or into the nostrils
snuffing
verb(snuff)
scent, smell
snuffing
verb(snuff)
to sniff at in order to examine —used of an animal

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