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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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the general who replaced Mr. Morsi in Egypt in 2013, has spent the years since then stamping out the Brotherhood in his country, seeing the group as a threat to his power. Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 In Trump’s amicus brief, Sauer raised the idea of social media censorship, invoking Brazil’s recent month-long ban of social media platform X, the treatment of the Hunter Biden laptop story and government efforts to stamp out COVID-19 misinformation as incidents that should give the justices pause. Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024 Flexible work policies, mentorship programs and a commitment to stamping out bias are all steps in the right direction. Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 When Brinkema asked what better products Google had stamped out, the DOJ came up blank, Dyall posted in a thread on X (formerly Twitter). Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stamp out 

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“Stamp out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20out. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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