Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
WordNet
v. put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: extinguish]
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]
Usage examples of "snuff out".
If he puts so little emphasis on the lives of others, then he shouldn't mind terribly if I snuff out his.
He cleaned the old snuff out of it and found a springoperated level mounted at the bottom of the box, or what seemed to be the bottom.
That is, he arose and, with apologies to Mahatma Gandhi and to all those other Indians who wore fine-gauze masks throughout their lives so as not to breathe in and snuff out even the smallest microbic bug, Herbie proceeded jerkily over to each little ant rally and stepped on it, almost able to hear thousands of tiny screams as those wee bugs were suddenly extinguished beneath his merciless heel.
She simply looked out into space, took a pinch of snuff out of a Copenhagen can, and put it between her lip and gum.
As he now appeared in his doorway, towelling his hands, Wemmick got on his greatcoat and stood by to snuff out the candles.