"snuff out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: snuffs out [present, singular, third-person], snuffing out [participle, present], snuffed out [participle, past], snuffed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-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, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out. Tags: transitive Related terms: snuff film
    Sense id: en-snuff_out-en-verb-GiPVs73n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 82 18
  2. (transitive) To kill a living being. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snuff_out-en-verb-x6G4Fka~

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