| verb | put an end to; kill “The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children” |
| verb | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights “Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained” |
| verb | extinguish by crushing “stub out your cigar” |
| verb | terminate, end, or take out “Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics” |
| verb | kill in large numbers “the plague wiped out an entire population” |
| snuffer | noun | a person who snuffs out candles |
| extinction | noun | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning |
| extinguisher | noun | a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires |
| extinguishing | noun | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning |
| quenching | noun | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning |
| elimination | noun | the act of removing or getting rid of something |
| eliminator | noun | an agent that eliminates something |
| annihilative | adjective | wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction |
| annihilation | noun | total destruction |
| annihilator | noun | a total destroyer |
| wipeout | noun | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| decimation | noun | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |