See snuff out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "take"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "terminate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "terminate with extreme prejudice"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"tags": [
"UK",
"slang"
],
"word": "top off"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"tags": [
"UK",
"slang"
],
"word": "top"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "torpedo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "take care of"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "take down"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "take out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "waste"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "wax"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "wet"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "whack"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "wipe out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:kill",
"word": "wreck"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "People snuff out at all ages: accident apart, our vital clocks vary […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To die."
],
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, intransitive) To die."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to extinguish",
"word": "esmocar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to extinguish",
"word": "moucher"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to extinguish",
"word": "extinguir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to extinguish",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to extinguish",
"word": "despabilar"
}
],
"word": "snuff out"
}
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