stamp out
phrasal verb
stamped out; stamping out; stamps out
1
: to stop or destroy (something bad)
stamp out smallpox/corruption
2
: to stop (something) from burning by stepping on it forcefully with the feet
stamp out a fire
stamp a cigarette out
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Stanford’s list and other taboos did not succeed in stamping out bias.
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Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Rather than go state-by-state to stamp out gambling proposals, the NCAA and the four professional sports leagues enlisted the help of Congress.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Sara Miller Llana/The Christian Science Monitor The Power of Mama doesn’t aim to stamp out cultivation – in fact, most of its members’ husbands toil in palm oil now.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
The United States maintains around 2,000 troops as well as contractors in roughly a dozen operating posts and small bases in eastern Syria to back ongoing SDF efforts to stamp out ISIS and deter Turkish attacks.
—Robert S. Ford, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2025
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Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Rather than go state-by-state to stamp out gambling proposals, the NCAA and the four professional sports leagues enlisted the help of Congress.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Sara Miller Llana/The Christian Science Monitor The Power of Mama doesn’t aim to stamp out cultivation – in fact, most of its members’ husbands toil in palm oil now.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
The United States maintains around 2,000 troops as well as contractors in roughly a dozen operating posts and small bases in eastern Syria to back ongoing SDF efforts to stamp out ISIS and deter Turkish attacks.
—Robert S. Ford, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Stamp out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20out. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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