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snuff out

verb

1 snuff out

Put an end to; kill.

synonym: extinguish.

2 snuff out

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights:
— Snuff out the candles.

synonyms: blow out, extinguish, quench.

Roget 388a: go out, die out, burn out; fizzle.    extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, ... show more

Roget 421: be dark etc. adj.. darken, obscure, shade; dim; tone down, lower; overcast, overshadow; eclipse; obfuscate, offuscate; ... show more

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Dutch: blussen, doven, uitblazen, uitblussen, uitdoven, vernietigen


Moby thesaurus: blow out, cash in, check out, choke, conk, croak, damp, die, douse, drop, extinguish, kick in, kick off, out, pass out, pop off, put down, put out, quash, quell ... show more.

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