1
as in extinguished
to cause to cease burning
snuff out the candle
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2
as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area
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3
as in suppressed
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule
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as in stamped (out)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffed (out)
Verb
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In March of 2020, your fire to make videos will be extinguished by the pandemic’s uncertainty.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
13 Oct. 2025 -
His career cannot be extinguished.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Lead poisoning, all but eradicated in the West, still harms millions of children in the developing world, with lead-acid battery recycling a key culprit.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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FellinAI‘s first feature, The Sweet Idleness, imagines a world in which machines have eradicated 99% of jobs, leaving humans to a life of leisure.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Onondagas support plans announced by the mayor of Syracuse in 2020 to remove the statue of Columbus, an Italian explorer who helped the Spanish establish a colonial foothold in the Caribbean and later suppressed revolts by Indigenous people.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The defense also argued that evidence recovered from the backpack Mangione was carrying when he was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s should be suppressed.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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After a sleepy start, the Americans came to life throughout the middle third of the game, and erased an early 1-0 deficit to end their October camp on a high note.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Many of those drivers could have stemmed or erased their losses simply by waiting for another year or two and paying off some or all of the remaining loan balance, Drury said.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The large police presence, with a handful of riot vans positioned between the protestors and the stadium entrance, quelled any threat of violence until a small flashpoint close to half-time — tear gas was briefly used to disperse activists who attempted to break through police barricades.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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That argument hasn’t quelled internal frustration.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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Their taste can be subdued by pairing them with ingredients like herbs and lemon juice, and they can be used in place of almost any fish.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Sure, there's a definite shift of styles between the grim, cramped jail cell and a lavish Hollywood musical, but the latter seems almost subdued.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Snuffed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffed%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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