vverb.changeput an end to; killSynset:snuff out
Examples:- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Derivationally Related Form:extinctionsnuffer
Hypernyms:do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of
Inherited Hypernyms:snuff outextinguishdestroyunmake
Direct Hyponyms:put outsmotherstamp
Full Troponyms:smotherstamp
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.weatherput out, as of fires, flames, or lightsSynset:blow out quench snuff out
Examples:- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
Antonyms:ignite
Derivationally Related Form:extinguisherextinctionquenchingextinguishing
Inherited Hypernyms:snuff out
Direct Hyponyms:black outdouseput outstub
Full Troponyms:black outdousestub
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeextinguish by crushingSynset:crush out press out stub out
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:stub outendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeterminate, end, or take outSynset:do away with eliminate get rid of
Examples:- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
Derivationally Related Form:eliminatorelimination
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:extinguishdestroyunmake
Direct Hyponyms:cancel outcutcut outdecoupledrownexceptexcludeextinguishknock outleave offleave outobliterateomitprunerationaliserationalizesnuff outtake outwipe out
Full Troponyms:cancel outcutcut outdecoupledropdrownelideexciseexcludeknock outobliteratesmothersnuff outstamp
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changekill in large numbersSynset:annihilate carry off decimate eliminate eradicate wipe out
Examples:- the plague wiped out an entire population
Derivationally Related Form:annihilatorwipeoutextinctionannihilationdecimationannihilative
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:eliminatekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: eliminate)