stamp out

phrasal verb

stamped out; stamping out; stamps out

: to stop or destroy (something bad)

stamp out smallpox/corruption

: 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 days, the ruins of swaths of Homs speak to the Assad regime’s determination to stamp out any dissent. —

Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 Since 2020, Lukashenko’s regime has stepped up its efforts to stamp out dissent. —

Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 Many of those detained were later executed in secret by the Korean government, a rolling series of extrajudicial killings intended to stamp out communism in the south. —

Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025 But as Milan embraces its new wave of glamour, a piece of its carefree past is being stamped out. —

Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for stamp out