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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of snuff.
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Examples
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In the MaybeArrow, if an earlier computation throws a Nothing, then later computations are still allowed to perform side effects, although their outputs are snuffed, which is the behavior I want.
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While apartheid as a system was snuffed out in South Africa, it has survived as a descriptor that is deployed, in the main, by the bitterest detractors of Israel, but is arguably more relevant in the case of another Middle Eastern country: Bahrain.
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Like the unfortunate 16 people in an ER snuffed out when one of his minions unleashes a toxic gas.
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On last night's Once Upon a Time, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother was snuffed out by Rumpelstiltskin just as she was about to wave her wand and make Cinderella's fantasy night come true — making her the first of Disney's iconic characters to be killed off ABC's new fantasy series.
Keck's Exclusives: Once Upon A Time Kills Off Its First Iconic Disney Character
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He snuffed me out merely to satiate his perverse blood-lust.
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His security forces, which have long silenced the slightest signs of dissent, quickly snuffed out smaller attempts at protests last month.
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So much bravery, loyalty, devotion; so many young lives snuffed out.
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How many al Qaeda leaders have been snuffed out since Obama took charge?
Biden: Killing of al Qaeda leaders in Iraq shows strength of Iraqi security forces
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After so much spit-swapping, the hot tamale train's fire is now officially snuffed.
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A disappointing U.S. consumer confidence number also snuffed out the rally, traders said.
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