SNUFF OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Put an end to; kill

Example:

The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children

Synonyms:

extinguish; snuff out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "snuff out" is one way to...):

do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snuff out"):

stamp (destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot)

put out; smother (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion)

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Derivation:

snuffer (a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles)

snuffer (a person who snuffs out candles)

Meaning:

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

Example:

snuff out the candles

Synonyms:

blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snuff out"):

stub (extinguish by crushing)

douse; put out (put out, as of a candle or a light)

black out (obliterate or extinguish)

Sentence frames:

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