snuffsomethingout
phrasal verbwithsnuffverb[T]uk/snʌf/us/snʌf/
informal
tocausesomething to endsuddenly:
Thecountryhas beenabletocelebratethereturnofitsindependencesobrutallysnuffedout in 1940.
to put out aflame,especiallyfrom acandle:
One by one shesnuffedout thecandles.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue
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