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。
As it inveighs against colonel qaddafi its saudi allies have helped snuff out the flame of democracy in the gulf state of bahrain .
正像是他们对卡扎菲猛烈抨击，其盟国沙特已经帮助熄灭了在海湾国家的民主的火焰。
The level of volcanic ash produced isn 't enough to snuff out jetliner engines and potentially cause an accident as several volcanic eruptions in recent decades did .