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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
The children perished in the fire
She died from cancer
The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
The patient went peacefully
How To Use snuff it In A Sentence
- Talking of death, is the landline telephone about to snuff it? Times, Sunday Times
- If I were to snuff it now, not a soul would be the wiser for it.
- I have always joked that I would love to do the same and snuff it on the mat.
- Even if your name is Lazarus, you're going to snuff it one day - and dying is the one certain event for which you can plan ahead!
- All these ideas are unfortunately ultimately dependent on whoever is around me when I snuff it, however.
- I noticed Heinrich, the only boy of them without a helmet, shoveling dirt onto the fire to snuff it out.
- A colleague was watching Animal Hospital with his young nieces when it became clear that a sick cat was about to snuff it. Times, Sunday Times
- It simply happened, and it's a shame that he had to snuff it, but we all do in the end I suppose.
- The winning flame continues to burn bright within O'Neill's men and it remains to be seen if anyone can snuff it out.
- Talking of death, is the landline telephone about to snuff it? Times, Sunday Times
