Main Entry: ²snuff

Function: transitive verb

Date: 15th century

1 : to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light
2 a : to extinguish by or as if by the use of a candlesnuffer —often used with out b : to make extinct : put an end to —usually used with out <snuffed out their hopes>; also : kill, execute <snuffed the bad guys>

— snuff it British : die