Entry Word: snuff out

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cause to cease burning <snuff out the candle> — see extinguish 1
2 to destroy all traces of <the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area> — see annihilate 1
3 to put a stop to (something) by the use of force <snuffed out the movement for democratic rule> — see quell 1