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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These escaped enslaved people created their own culture in defiance of the Code Noir, French colonial laws that tried to stamp out African spirituality in favor of Roman Catholicism.
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
The untethered, anarchic, comic brio of Robbins’ novels feels incompatible with today’s world, as though the intervening years have been explicitly designed to stamp out this spirit and replace it with something that can be bought and sold, something governable.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Najib had been sanctioned by the US and European Union for his role in violently suppressing pro-democracy protests in 2011 – which raged into years of civil war after Assad’s forces moved to stamp out the peaceful demonstrations.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Firefighters will have to stamp out smaller fires within that footprint.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
The untethered, anarchic, comic brio of Robbins’ novels feels incompatible with today’s world, as though the intervening years have been explicitly designed to stamp out this spirit and replace it with something that can be bought and sold, something governable.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Najib had been sanctioned by the US and European Union for his role in violently suppressing pro-democracy protests in 2011 – which raged into years of civil war after Assad’s forces moved to stamp out the peaceful demonstrations.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Firefighters will have to stamp out smaller fires within that footprint.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Stamp out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20out. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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