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snuffs out

snuffs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snuff out.

Meaning of snuff out

Verb

snuff out (third-person singular simple present snuffs out, present participle snuffing out, simple past and past participle snuffed out)

  1. (transitive) To extinguish (literally, especially by physically covering or rubbing); to extinguish (figuratively): to stop (a process), to kill (a process).
    • Near-synonym: smother
    Synonyms:
    smother
  2. (slang, transitive) To kill a living being.
    • He sighed, stifled his urge to snuff out the moron who designed this work process, and got back to work.
    Synonyms:
    rub out, annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack
  3. (intransitive, slang) To die.
    • People snuff out at all ages: accident apart, our vital clocks vary […]

Questions about snuffs out

What is snuffs out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Snuffs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snuff out.

Words near snuffs out in the dictionary

  1. snufflingly
  2. snufflings
  3. snuffly
  4. snuffs
  5. snuffs it
  6. snuffs out
  7. snuffy
  8. snufter
  9. snufters
  10. snug
  11. snug as a bug

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