snuff out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
put an end to; kill
The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- extinguishing derivation
- snuffer derivation
- snuffer derivation
Sense 2 verb
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ignite antonym
- extinguishing derivation
- fire extinguisher derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extinguishing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eliminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put out |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | ignite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extinguishing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire extinguisher |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | douse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | black out |