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SNUFF OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put an end to; kill
Example:
The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Synonyms:
extinguish; snuff out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "snuff out" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snuff out"):
stamp (destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot)
put out; smother (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
snuffer (a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles)
snuffer (a person who snuffs out candles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Example:
snuff out the candles
Synonyms:
blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snuff out"):
stub (extinguish by crushing)
douse; put out (put out, as of a candle or a light)
black out (obliterate or extinguish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
