Verb: snuff out snúf awt
- Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
"snuff out the candles";
- extinguish, quench
- [informal] Put an end to; kill
"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children";
- extinguish
Derived forms: snuffed out, snuffing out, snuffs out
Type of: break, break off, cease, discontinue, do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of, give up, lay off, quit, stop, surcease [archaic]