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snuff out

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  • verb transitive To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
  • verb transitive To kill a living being.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
  • verb put an end to; kill

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synonyms (34)

Words with the same meaning

  1. blow out
  2. cash in
  3. check out
  4. choke
  5. conk
  6. croak
  7. damp
  8. die
  9. douse
  10. drop
  11. extinguish
  12. kick in
  13. kick off
  14. out
  15. pass out
  16. pop off
  17. put down
  18. put out
  19. quash
  20. quell
  21. quench
  22. silence
  23. slack
  24. smother
  25. snuff
  26. squash
  27. squelch
  28. stamp out
  29. stifle
  30. strangle
  31. suffocate
  32. suppress
  33. trample out
  34. trample underfoot

hyponyms (4)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. blackout
  2. douse
  3. put out
  4. stub

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