The Clue
Snuff out (10 letter answer)
The Answer
EXTINGUISH
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Notes
The answer EXTINGUISH is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
EXTINGUISH as a verb:
1. (snuff out, extinguish) = put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
2. (snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench) = 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"
3. (stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out) = extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
4. (eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off) = kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"