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Blow out

verb

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. Synonyms: blow, burn out. "The fuse blew"

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. Synonyms: extinguish, quench, snuff out. "Quench the flames" , "Snuff out the candles"

Erupt in an uncontrolled manner.

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"Blow out" Quotes from Famous Books

... threw himself on to the bed with his boots on his feet, and his two hands resting on the rim of his hat, which he had prudently placed on the apex of his stomach as he lay on his back. He wouldn't allow me to blow out the candle, but he lay there with his great white eyes fixed on the ceiling, in the cool, determined manner of a bold man who had made up his mind to face danger and meet whatever might befall him. We escaped, however, without ...

— The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe • Charles Edward Stowe

... the young man, pale as death, while his eyes blazed with kindling fire, "would you sooner have me blow out my brains, or plunge in my heart the sword I have the honor to wear by my side? Pardieu, monseigneur, if you, who are cardinal and prince besides, will give me absolution for so mortal a sin, the affair will be so quickly done that you shall have no time to complete ...

— The Forty-Five Guardsmen • Alexandre Dumas

... thinks," said Raven succinctly. "She's got a pretty accurate idea of all of us. You're not going to stay here. That's flat. We'll blow out the candles in a minute or ...

— Old Crow • Alice Brown

... groans below ceased, and we heard steps on the staircase. That was the seal-cutter. He stopped outside the door as the terrier barked and Azizun fumbled at the chain, and he told Suddhoo to blow out the lamp. This left the place in jet darkness, except for the red glow from the two huqas that belonged to Janoo and Azizun. The seal-cutter came in, and I heard Suddhoo throw himself down on the floor and groan. Azizun caught her breath, and Janoo backed on to one of the beds with a ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... and when the remnants of their meal had been removed and their door shut, he gratefully sought the first bed he had known for weeks. After some laughing persuasion he prevailed on the suspicious Cathbarr to blow out the candles, and upon that ...

— Nuala O'Malley • H. Bedford-Jones

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