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as in stamped (out)

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verb

past tense of snuff (out)
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffed (out)
  1. choked
  2. extinguished
  3. eradicated
  4. suppressed
  5. smothered
  6. erased
  7. quelled
  8. damped
Adjective
  • But the effects of the Middle East conflict, including the choked Strait of Hormuz, hindered that possibility.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The western island of South Sumatra also battled fires, with more than 1,700 hot spots detected on Sunday, causing a choked haze cloud and reducing visibility to only 10 meters (33 feet) in some areas, the ministry said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked
Verb
  • With the city lights extinguished, the aurora appeared even more spectacular.
    — Mark Moldwin, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Firefighters dressed in protective uniforms tended to the scene and extinguished the blaze with hoses.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of extinguished
Verb
  • His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The islands lost 9% to 20% of the total Key Deer population, but the New World screwworm was declared eradicated there on March 23, 2017, less than a year after it was discovered.
    — Eric Michel, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of eradicated
Verb
  • Overall, Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 196 Russian drones overnight into Friday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Edison mentions an abusive boyfriend of Leonora’s, and there is one scene, set at a public park, where some of Arlo’s suppressed trauma flares violently into the open.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Adjective
  • Outside of smothered biscuit sandwiches, District Biskuits also sells mac and cheese, chicken tenders with various dipping sauces, waffle fries and other sides.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • Breakfast is a treat, with made-from-scratch English muffins and housemade jams, plus heartier items like a smothered breakfast burrito.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of smothered
Verb
  • Burns joined the twenty-seventh annual New Yorker Festival to discuss his work with Michael Luo, an executive editor at the magazine, and the importance of chronicling history at a time when more and more is being written over and erased.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Playing its first game since firing coach Mike Norvell after six-plus seasons, Florida State erased a 17-7 second-quarter deficit by putting up two TDs in the final six minutes of the half.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of erased
Verb
  • The quiet moments of the offseason were eventually quelled by the madness of a young locker room, on a team replete with potential.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Ossoff has repeatedly denied interest in a White House bid, but that hasn’t quelled the talk.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of quelled
Adjective
  • These modes are referred to as a damped harmonic oscillator.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of damped
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