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verb (tr, adverb)

to put out or extinguish by stampingto stamp out a fire

to crush or suppress by forceto stamp out a rebellion

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Words nearby stamp out

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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|DAILY BEAST
Should 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|DAILY BEAST
If 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 Davis
The great powers of the Continent were united in one supreme effort to stamp out the new heresy.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous

The 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. 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

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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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