| Definition of 'snuff out' |
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1. (verb) snuff out, extinguish
put an end to; kill
"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
2. (verb) snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
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"
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Sense: to extinguish the flame of (a candle etc)
He snuffed out the candle by squeezing the wick between his thumb and forefinger.
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 Afrikaans: snuit |
 Arabic: يُطْفئ الشَّمْعَه |
 Bulgarian: угасям |
 Brazilian: apagar |
 Czech: zhasnout |
 German: auslöschen |
 Danish: slukke |
 Greek: σβήνω τη φλόγα |
 Spanish: apagar |
 Estonian: (küünalt sõrmedega) kustu |
 Farsi: خاموش كردن |
 Finnish: tukahduttaa |
 French: moucher |
 Hebrew: לְכַבּוֹת |
 Hindi: बुझाना |
 Croatian: ugasiti, utrnuti (svijeću |
 Hungarian: ujjával elolt |
 Indonesian: memadamkan |
 Icelandic: slökkva á |
 Italian: spegnere |
 Japanese: 消す |
 Korean: (양초의 심지를 눌러) 끄다 |
 Lithuanian: užgesinti |
 Latvian: nodzēst (sveci u.tml.) |
 Malay: memadamkan |
 Dutch: uitdoven |
 Norwegian: blåse ut, kvele (et lys) |
 Polish: gasić |
 Persian: خاموش كردن |
 Pashto: خاموش کول |
 Portuguese: apagar |
 Romanian: a stinge |
 Russian: (по)гасить |
 Slovak: zhasnúť |
 Slovenian: ugasiti |
 Serbian: ugasiti |
 Swedish: släcka |
 Thai: ดับ |
 Turkish: söndürmek |
 Taiwanese: 掐滅(燭火等) |
 Ukrainian: гасити |
 Urdu: موم بتی کو بجھانا |
 Vietnamese: làm tắt |
 Chinese: 掐灭（烛火等） |
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