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snuff (out)

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Synonyms & Antonyms of snuff (out)

1 to cause to cease burning

snuff out the candle

Synonyms for snuff (out)

blanket,
douse
(also dowse),
extinguish,
put out,
quench

Words Related to snuff (out)

choke,
smother,
suffocate

blow out,
rub out,
snub (out),
stamp (out),
stub

Antonyms for snuff (out)

fire,
ignite,
inflame
(also enflame),
kindle,
light

2 to destroy all traces of

the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area

Synonyms for snuff (out)

abolish,
annihilate,
black out,
blot out,
cancel,
clean (up),
efface,
eradicate,
erase,
expunge,
exterminate,
extirpate,
liquidate,
obliterate,
root (out),
rub out,
stamp (out),
sweep (away),
wipe out

Words Related to snuff (out)

decimate,
demolish,
destroy,
devastate,
ravage

dismantle,
flatten,
mow (down),
raze,
tear down

ruin,
total,
waste,
wreck

blast,
blow up,
dash,
dynamite,
smash

atomize,
consume,
devour,
dissolve,
fragment,
powder,
pulverize,
shatter,
splinter

doom,
finish,
kill,
kill off,
terminate,
zap

cut,
discard,
ditch,
eject,
excise,
expel,
jettison,
oust,
throw out

Near Antonyms for snuff (out)

conserve,
preserve,
protect,
save

build,
construct,
create,
fabricate,
fashion,
forge,
form,
frame,
make,
manufacture,
shape

fix,
mend,
patch,
rebuild,
recondition,
reconstruct,
renew,
renovate,
repair,
restore,
revamp

3 to put a stop to (something) by the use of force

brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule

Synonyms for snuff (out)

clamp down (on),
crack down (on),
crush,
put down,
quash,
quell,
repress,
silence,
slap down,
squash,
squelch,
subdue,
suppress

Words Related to snuff (out)

douse
(also dowse),
extinguish,
put out,
quench

smother,
stifle,
strangle,
throttle

annihilate,
decimate,
demolish,
desolate,
destroy,
devastate,
nuke,
rub out,
ruin,
smash,
waste,
wreck

exterminate,
obliterate,
wipe out

conquer,
dominate,
overcome,
overpower,
overwhelm,
subjugate,
vanquish

Phrases Synonymous with snuff (out)

sit on

Near Antonyms for snuff (out)

abet,
aid,
assist,
back,
help,
prop up,
support

foment,
incite,
instigate,
provoke,
stir,
whip (up)

advance,
cultivate,
encourage,
forward,
foster,
further,
nourish,
nurture,
promote

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