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Snuff out
verb, slang
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Verb
- 1 To extinguish (literally, especially by physically covering or rubbing); to extinguish (figuratively): to stop (a process), to kill (a process). transitive
"Near-synonym: smother"
- 2 put an end to; kill wordnet
- 3 To kill a living being. slang, transitive
"He sighed, stifled his urge to snuff out the moron who designed this work process, and got back to work."
- 4 put out, as of fires, flames, or lights wordnet
- 5 To die. intransitive, slang
"People snuff out at all ages: accident apart, our vital clocks vary […]"
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