snuff out

常见例句

Moreover, such protests as have taken place have been easy to snuff out.
而且，已经发生的这种抗议很容易遭到扼杀。
Ever since he became acting president on the last day of 1999, Mr Putin has moved progressively to snuff out even the faintest flickers of democracy that he inherited from Boris Yeltsin.
从1999年最后一天担任总统开始，普京先生加快了动作来扼杀从鲍里斯·叶利钦手中继承的微弱的民主之光。
This has led to some of the biggest suppliers becoming substantial businesses, it said, despite the efforts of many game studios to snuff out a trade that they believe undermines the game.
这使得一些最大的游戏供应商逐渐有了实质性的业务。他们认为，许多游戏工作室试图遏止这种贸易的努力会葬送了游戏本身。

Then the government paid farmers a bonus to snuff out the very same animals.
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When we consciously or unconsciously make that decision, we snuff out that little voice in our head.
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Hoping to snuff out aberrant individualism, the ministry introduced detailed rules governing uniforms, haircuts and codes of conduct.
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