snuff out

Verb

 * 1)  To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.
 * 2) * 2017 August 25, Aukkarapon Niyomyat & Panarat Thepgumpanat, "Thai junta seeks Yingluck's arrest as former PM skips court verdict", in reuters.com, Reuters
 * The verdict against Yingluck is widely seen as having the potential to reignite tensions, though the junta has largely snuffed out open opposition.
 * 1)  To kill a living being.
 * 1)  To kill a living being.