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snuff

[snuhf] / snʌf /
VERB
destroy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Giannoulias, who pushed for the law after he said he and his young daughters were almost struck by an e-moto on a sidewalk, said he wasn’t trying to snuff out a fledgling form of transportation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Those are now pushing 7% — as long as the applicant has a good credit score and their other financials are up to snuff.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

A hawkish tilt, on the other hand, could quickly snuff out the nascent rally, trigger a spike in Treasury bond yields, and deepen the retreat into cash by the world’s biggest investors.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

If Ruth May had been feeling up to snuff she’d have already climbed aboard and started jabbering with the Fowles children in probably all those languages plus French and Siamese.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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