diff --git a/autoload/snipMate.vim b/autoload/snipMate.vim
index 74366fa8..d3d39cc5 100644
--- a/autoload/snipMate.vim
+++ b/autoload/snipMate.vim
@@ -196,9 +196,12 @@ fun! snipMate#ReadSnippetsFile(file) abort
 		if line[:6] == 'snippet'
 			let inSnip = 1
 			let bang = (line[7] == '!')
-			if bang
+			if bang "!!
 				let bang += line[8] == '!'
 			endif
+			if bang "!!!
+			  let bang += line[9] == '!'
+			endif
 			let trigger = strpart(line, 8 + bang)
 			let name = ''
 			let space = stridx(trigger, ' ') + 1
@@ -314,7 +317,13 @@ endfunction
 
 function! snipMate#SetByPath(dict, trigger, path, snippet, bang, snipversion) abort
 	let d = a:dict
-	if a:bang == 2
+	if a:bang == 3
+	  unlet! d[a:trigger][a:path]
+	  if len(d[a:trigger]) == 0
+	    unlet! d[a:trigger]
+	  endif
+	  return
+	elseif a:bang == 2
 		unlet! d[a:trigger]
 		return
 	elseif !has_key(d, a:trigger) || a:bang == 1
diff --git a/doc/SnipMate.txt b/doc/SnipMate.txt
index 230fe686..e4b2c27d 100644
--- a/doc/SnipMate.txt
+++ b/doc/SnipMate.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ overridden on a per-snippet basis by defining the snippet with a bang (!): >
 Two bangs will remove the trigger entirely from SnipMate's lookup. In this
 case any snippet text is unused.
 
+Three bangs will remove the trigger from the current scope. In this
+case any snippet text is unused.
+
 Note: Hard tabs in the expansion text are required. When the snippet is
 expanded in the text and 'expandtab' is set, each tab will be replaced with
 spaces based on 'softtabstop' if nonzero or 'shiftwidth' otherwise.