stamp out

British  

verb

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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stamp out Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Those laws require data on Russian users to be stored inside the country, and for efforts to be made to stamp out their use for what Moscow calls "criminal and terrorist purposes".

From Barron's

Lee has vowed to mend ties with North Korea by stamping out provocations, and has even suggested a rare apology may be warranted.

From Barron's

Yet for all its mainstream success, Polymarket hasn’t managed to stamp out controversy tied to its freewheeling markets, most of which remain unregulated.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s trying to stamp out slavery from the land.

From Literature

Australia's prime minister vowed to stamp out extremism Thursday as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as "our little ray of sunshine".

From Barron's

Related Words

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