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snuff films

snuff films is the plural of snuff film.

Meaning of snuff film

Noun

snuff film (plural snuff films)

  1. A film that shows, or purports to show, the actual deliberate killing of one of the performers.
    • Their whole case that porn is violent rests on classifying s/m porn as violent, and lumping it in with the snuff film.1981 August 15, Nancy Wechsler, Gayle Rubin, Pat Califia, “Sadomasochism: Fears, Facts, Fantasies”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 7

Questions about snuff films

What is snuff films the plural of?
Snuff films is the plural of snuff film.

Words near snuff films in the dictionary

  1. snuff box sea beans
  2. snuff boxes
  3. snuff dish
  4. snuff dishes
  5. snuff film
  6. snuff films
  7. snuff it
  8. snuff movie
  9. snuff movies
  10. snuff out
  11. snuff video

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