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[ verb ] put an end to; kill
Synonyms Examples "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)No_matter how devoted a man was , no_matter how fully he gave his life to the Lord , he could never extinguish that one spark of pride that gave him definition as an individual . Related terms |
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[ verb ] put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Synonyms Examples "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" "quench the flames" "snuff out the candles" Related terms |
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[ verb ] kill in large numbers
Examples "the plague wiped out an entire population" Related terms kill decimate annihilation annihilation decimation annihilator |
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