📚 verb • entry_id 47784
snuff out
Meanings (ES + gloss)
apagar • despabilar • extinguir
To extinguish (literally, especially by physically covering or rubbing); to extinguish (figuratively): to stop (a process), to kill (a process).
Near-synonym: smother
The risk of fire was an ever-present danger, and every night at bedtime they performed the ritual of checking that every candle and lantern had been snuffed out.
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