snuffing in English

verb
1
extinguish (a candle).
a breeze snuffed out the candle
synonyms:extinguishput outdousesmotherchokeblow outquenchstub out
2
inhale or sniff at (something).
they stood snuffing up the keen cold air
verb

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1. 6 The danger is that Chinese rapacity plus African leaders' greed equals the snuffing out of all hope.

2. The influences of smoking and snuffing on politics and war are Ascertainable. TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE E

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4. And so it is Wasianski, not de Quincey, snuffing Kant’s candle, Wasianski, not de Quincey, with the presence of mind to inform us that when hosting a party, rather than keep a bottle of decanted wine with a servant, Kant, Anacreontically, preferred to keep one at the elbow of every single guest