snuff out - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | snuff out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, knock off, murder, off, rub out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, steep, submerge, wet, blow out, squench, submerse |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | stamp out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abolish, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, kill, put down, put out, quell, snuff out, squelch, stop, suppress, wipe out*, blot out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, hold in check |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, bottle, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, interrupt, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, silence, smother, snuff out*, spike, squash*, stamp out*, stifle, stop, subdue, trample, withhold, beat down, bring to naught, burke, cover up, crack down on, hold down, hold in, keep in, keep secret, put an end to, put kibosh on, put lid on, shush, sit on* |
| Antonyms: | encourage, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bump off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intentionally murder someone |
| Synonyms: | chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, off, polish off, rub out, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, wipe out, zap, blot out, blow away, deep-six, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | rub out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust, erase, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, nuke, off, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, deep-six, stretch out, take care of |
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out a fire |
| Synonyms: | choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample, blot out, blow out |
| Antonyms: | light |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with*, do away with, do in*, do in, dust*, dust, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out*, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, extinguish |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, check, choke, crush, dampen, decimate, demolish, dismantle, douse, end, kill, moisten, put down, put out, quash*, quell, raze, ruin, shatter, smother, snuff out*, stifle, suppress, wreck, destruct, knock down |
| Antonyms: | set, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish fire |
| Synonyms: | douse, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, blow out |
| Antonyms: | start |
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