单词 | snuff out |
释义 | snuff out (once / 9983 pages) v WORD FAMILY snuff out: snuffed out, snuffing out, snuffs out USAGE EXAMPLESThis biography examines her divided soul and is an elegy for a talent snuffed out too soon. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Health care workers trained and supported by Last Mile Health were critical in helping snuff out the devastating Ebola outbreak that began in 2014. Time(Dec 01, 2016) All that water will only help snuff out wildfires that have burned thousands of acres across the region in recent weeks. Time(Nov 30, 2016) 1v put an end to; kill The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children Syn|Hypo|Hyper extinguish stamp destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot put out, smotherdeprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of terminate, end, or take out 2v put out, as of fires, flames, or lights snuff out the candles Syn|Ant|Hypo blow out, extinguish, quench ignite, light cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat stub extinguish by crushing douse, put output out, as of a candle or a light black outobliterate or extinguish |
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