what does snuff out mean?
SNUFF OUT as VERB
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- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Hypernyms(s) snuff out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
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- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
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