Light
Light verb - To set (something) on fire.
Usage example: we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dark Is Evil: The Dark Elves are the antagonists of this film because they want to snuff out the light of the universe and return it to darkness.
Source: Film / Thor: The Dark World -
There's also the fact that, unless you have a full Sanity Meter, shadowy hands will reach out of the darkness to snuff out ground-based light sources.
Source: Darkness Equals Death -
Hell, stay out of the light for long enough and you'll snuff it in Dark Aether.
Source: Mordor
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