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(transitive) To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out. / (transitive) To kill a living being.

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snuff out

Source Word

snuff out

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out. / (transitive) To kill a living being.

Japanese Meaning

（火などを）消す、消火する / （プロセスなどを）停止させる、終息させる / （特に生命体を）殺す

The firefighters worked through the night to snuff out the wildfire before it reached the town.

消防士たちは、町に到達する前に山火事を消し止めるために夜通し働いた。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To kill a living being.

snuffs out

（ present singular third-person ）

snuffing out

（ participle present ）

snuffed out

（ participle past ）

snuffed out

（ past ）