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Synonyms for snuff


verb

To perceive with the olfactory sense:

nose, scent, smell, sniff, whiff. Idiom: catch (or get) a whiff of. See smells
phrasal verb
snuff out
  1. To cause to stop burning or giving light:

    douse, extinguish, put out, quench. See continue
  2. To destroy all traces of:

    abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, make

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