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snuff out
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Princeton's WordNet
snuff out, extinguishverb
put an end to; kill
"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quenchverb
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"
Wiktionary
snuff outverb
To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
snuff outverb
To kill a living being.
ChatGPT
snuff out
To snuff out generally means to abruptly put an end to something or extinguish it. It could refer to literally extinguishing a flame, or metaphorically to ending a life, a career, a relationship, or any other ongoing process or condition.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of snuff out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of snuff out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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