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Verb: stub out
  1. Extinguish a cigarette or similar by placing or crushing the burning end against something
    "stub out your cigarette now"; "stub out your cigar";
    - stub, extinguish, press out

Derived forms: stubbing out, stubbed out, stubs out

Type of: extinguish, quench, snuff out