What does snuff out mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of snuff out
 

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "snuff out": blow out, cash in, check out, choke, conk, croak, damp, die, douse, drop, extinguish, kick in, kick off, out, pass out, pop off, put down, put out, quash, quell, quench, silence, slack, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, trample out, trample underfoot

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

snuff out

verb

1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: extinguish]
2: 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" [syn: blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant: ignite]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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