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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish]
2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant: ignite, light]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. To snuff out something such as a disagreement means to stop it, usually in a forceful or sudden way. Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out... The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If you snuff out a small flame, you stop it burning, usually by using your fingers or by covering it with something for a few seconds. Tenzin snuffed out the candle. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Extinguish, annihilate, obliterate, efface, destroy.

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, quench, silence, slack, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, trample out, trample underfoot