stamp out


verb(tr, adverb)
  1. to put out or extinguish by stamping: to stamp out a fire

  2. to crush or suppress by force: to stamp out a rebellion

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How to use stamp out in a sentence

  • They were once more friends, comrades, and together they labored to stamp out the destroyer.

    The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White
  • Such 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

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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