Verb

• S: (v) snuff out (snuff_out%2:30:00::), extinguish (extinguish%2:30:00::) (put an end to; kill) "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
• S: (v) snuff out (snuff_out%2:43:00::), blow out (blow_out%2:43:00::), extinguish (extinguish%2:43:00::), quench (quench%2:43:00::) (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"