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