snuff out

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	snuff out - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" extinguish do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" stamp - destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny" put out, smother - deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
	2.	snuff out - put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" blow out, extinguish, quench stub - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now" douse, put out - put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" black out - obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

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snuff

verb

To perceive with the olfactory sense:

nose, scent, smell, sniff, whiff.

Idiom: catch a whiff of.

phrasal verb
snuff out

1. To cause to stop burning or giving light:

douse, extinguish, put out, quench.

2. To destroy all traces of:

abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.

Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

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Translations

يُخْمِديُطْفئ الشَّمْعَه

zemřítzhasnoutzlikvidovat

slukke

auslöschenersticken

éteindreétouffermoucher

kæfaslökkva á

kvele

birden sona ermeksöndürmek

掐灭突然扑灭

snuff²

(snaf) verb

to snip off the burnt part of the wick of (a candle or lamp). snuit يُزيل جُزْء الفَتيلَه изчиствам нагара на свеща cortar o pavio queimado odstřihnout knot putzen klippe vægen af κόβω την καύτρα sofocar põlenud küünlatahti ära lõikama, nuuskama خاموش كردن شمع leikata irti kynttilän sydämen palanut osa moucher לְסַלֵק קָצֶה שָׂרוּף של פְּתִיל गुल काटना, गुल कतरना podrezivati stijenj elkoppant (gyertyát) bekas sumbu yang terbakar klippa brunninn kveik smoccolare 消す (양초, 램프의) 심지를 자르다 nukirpti/nugnybti dagtį apgriezt degli (svecei u.tml.) memadamkan snuitenklippe av veken, slokke ucinać knot سوغول، سڼول، سوڼ كول (لكه دپوزي نسوار): بويول: سوغ، سوڼ، مرغزى نسوار، دپوزې نسوار، نسوار espevitar a stinge (o lumâ­nare, o lampă) снимать нагар odstrihnúť knôt utrniti ugasiti snoppa ตัดไส้เทียนตรงส่วนที่ไหม้ mum fitilinin yanık ucunu kesmek 剪(燭)花 знімати нагар بجھانا cắt hoa đèn 剪（烛）花

snuff out

1. to extinguish the flame of (a candle etc). He snuffed out the candle by squeezing the wick between his thumb and forefinger. snuit يُطْفئ الشَّمْعَه угасям apagar zhasnout auslöschen slukke σβήνω τη φλόγα apagar (küünalt sõrmedega) kustutama خاموش كردن tukahduttaa moucher לְכַבּוֹת बुझाना ugasiti, utrnuti (svijeću) ujjával elolt memadamkan slökkva á spegnere 消す (양초의 심지를 눌러) 끄다 užgesinti nodzēst (sveci u.tml.) memadamkan uitdovenblåse ut, kvelegasić خاموش کول apagar a stinge гасить zhasnúť ugasiti ugasiti släcka ดับ söndürmek 掐滅(燭火等) гасити موم بتی کو بجھانا làm tắt 掐灭（烛火等）

2. to (cause to) come to a sudden end. Opposition was quickly snuffed out. uitdoof يُخْمِد потушавам extinguir zlikvidovat; zemřít ersticken sætte en stopper for καταστέλλω, σβήνωacabar (millestki) jagu saama, lämmatama نابود كردن nujertaa étouffer לַהֲרוֹס अचानक खत्म कर देना uništiti elfojt mengakhiri kæfa reprimere, domare 消える 소멸시키다 užgniaužti, sužlugdyti apslāpēt; sagraut; iznīcināt mematikan aan zijn eind (doen) komen kvele, sette en stopper fortłumić, gasnąć نابود کول extinguir a reprima подавить zlikvidovať zadušiti ugasiti kväva, undertrycka จบอย่างฉับพลัน birden sona ermek 突然撲滅 придушити مارنا ، ختم کرنا làm tiêu tan 突然扑灭

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