" snuffed (out) "

1: as in dead, stamped (out);

•  Synonyms : 

•  choked,

•  damped,

•  dead,

•  doused,

•  extinguished,

•  quenched,

•  smothered,

•  stamped (out),

•  suffocated

•  Antonyms : 

•  ablaze,

•  afire,

•  aflame,

•  alight,

•  blazing,

•  burning,

•  combusting,

•  conflagrant,

•  fiery,

•  flaming,

•  ignited,

•  inflamed,

•  kindled,

•  lit,

•  aglow,

•  flaring,

•  flickering,

•  glowing,

•  live,

•  smoldering,

•  broiling,

•  hot,

•  piping hot,

•  red-hot,

•  roasting,

•  scalding,

•  scorching,

•  searing,

•  sizzling

1: to cause to cease burning;

  * e.g., " ... snuff out the candle "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blanketed,

•  doused,

•  extinguished,

•  put out,

•  quenched

•  Antonyms : 

•  fired,

•  ignited,

•  inflamed,

•  kindled,

•  lit

2: to destroy all traces of;

  * e.g., " ... the forest fire snuffed out all of the animal life in the immediate area "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abolished,

•  annihilated,

•  blacked out,

•  blotted out,

•  canceled,

•  cleaned (up),

•  effaced,

•  eradicated,

•  erased,

•  expunged,

•  exterminated,

•  extirpated,

•  liquidated,

•  obliterated,

•  rooted (out),

•  rubbed out,

•  stamped (out),

•  swept (away),

•  wiped out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to put a stop to (something) by the use of force;

  * e.g., " ... brutally snuffed out the movement for democratic rule "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clamped down (on),

•  cracked down (on),

•  crushed,

•  put down,

•  quashed,

•  quelled,

•  repressed,

•  silenced,

•  slapped down,

•  squashed,

•  squelched,

•  subdued,

•  suppressed

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)