stamp out
to put out or extinguish by stamping: to stamp out a fire
to crush or suppress by force: to stamp out a rebellion
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How to use stamp out in a sentence
In Washington, being the guy on a mission to stamp out leaks is a bit like being the lone narc at Woodstock.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden | Eli Lake | February 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShould I stamp out the radicals so that we could keep our money?
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf he could not stamp out the Christians with his hordes, at least he could make famine and thirst fight against them.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThe great powers of the Continent were united in one supreme effort to stamp out the new heresy.
Is Ulster Right? | AnonymousThe continental powers were again united in a supreme effort to stamp out Protestantism, and England once more stood almost alone.
Is Ulster Right? | Anonymous
They were once more friends, comrades, and together they labored to stamp out the destroyer.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteSuch a man as John Brown felt that it was his duty to stamp out the pest of slavery at any cost.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
Other Idioms and Phrases with stamp out
Extinguish or destroy, as in The government stamped out the rebellion in a brutal way, or The police were determined to stamp out drug dealers. This metaphoric expression alludes to extinguishing a fire by trampling on it. [Mid-1800s]
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