1. snuff out, extinguish, extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
usage: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
2. snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
usage: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
usage: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
4. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, destroy, destruct
usage: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"