to snuff out

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to snuff out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Snuffing.] [OE. snuffen. See Snuff of a candle Snuff to
     sniff.]
     To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the
     snuff of.
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     To snuff out, to extinguish by snuffing.
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