snuff (out)

snuff (out)
   to kill
   Like extinguishing a candle:
    You mean you make sure he doesn't go off like a mad dog, snuffing people left and right, (van Lustbaden, 1983)
    I'd have snuffed out every life in India. (Fraser, 1975)
   To snuff it is to die:
    An' Ray Tuck's been running Lippy's errands — or was until Lippy snuffed it. (Price, 1982)

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