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词汇 snuff-out
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snuff something out


phrasal verb with snuffverb[ T ]uk /snʌf/ us /snʌf/
informal
to cause something to end suddenly: (突然地)结束,扼杀
The country has been able to celebrate the return of its independence so brutally snuffed out in 1940.该国于1940年被无情地剥夺了独立地位,如今终于可以庆祝自己重获独立。
to put out a flame, especially from a candle: 吹灭,熄灭(尤指蜡烛)
One by one she snuffed out the candles.她把蜡烛一支支地吹灭。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
cure
give over
halt
hang
jack something in
kill something stone-deadidiom
lay
lid
lift
snap
stamp on something
stamp something out
stanch
staunch
stem

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Stopping fires

snuff someone out


phrasal verb with snuffverb[ T ]uk /snʌf/ us /snʌf/
USslang
to kill someone杀死(某人)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Murder & attempted murder
asphyxiation
assassinate
assassination
assassination attempt
attempt
butcher
dispatch
drive-by
genocidal
genocide
gun someone down
homicide
infanticide
polish something off
pop off
put someone to the swordidiom
regicide
rub
slaughter
throttle

snuff out something | American Dictionary


snuff out something


phrasal verb with snuffverb

(STOP FLAME)


to stop a flame from burning, usually by covering it:
The child was allowed to snuff out the candles.

snuff out something


phrasal verb with snuffverb

(END)


to end something:
There is concern that overfishing could snuff out some species.
His political career was snuffed out in its prime.
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