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snuff (out)verb to cause to cease burningsnuff out the candle blanket, douse(also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench choke, smother, suffocateblow out, rub out, snub (out), stamp (out), stub fire, ignite, inflame(also enflame), kindle, light to destroy all traces ofthe forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravagedismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear downruin, total, waste, wreckblast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smashatomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinterdoom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zapcut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out conserve, preserve, protect, savebuild, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shapefix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp to put a stop to (something) by the use of forcebrutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, slap down, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress douse(also dowse), extinguish, put out, quenchsmother, stifle, strangle, throttleannihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, rub out, ruin, smash, waste, wreckexterminate, obliterate, wipe outconquer, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subjugate, vanquish sit on abet, aid, assist, back, help, prop up, supportfoment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir, whip (up)advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote |