snuff out

/snəf aʊt/

/snəf aʊt/

Other forms: snuffed out; snuffing out; snuffs out

Definitions of snuff out

1. verb

   put an end to; kill
   synonyms: extinguish

   types:

   stamp

   destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

   put out, smother

   deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

   type of:

   do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

   terminate, end, or take out
2. verb

   put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
   “snuff out the candles”

   synonyms: blow out, extinguish, quench

   types:

   stub

   extinguish by crushing

   douse, put out

   put out, as of a candle or a light

   black out

   obliterate or extinguish