stamp out

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

The Lake Chad basin is bordered by Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria - all of which are part of a Multinational Joint Task Force that seeks to stamp out the armed groups operating in the region.

From BBC

Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out the deadly mosquito-borne infectious disease nearly 100 years.

From BBC

Project Guardian, an initiative by the force to stamp out knife crime and tackle youth violence, was launched in 2019.

From BBC

"Renters need to know they won’t be booted out of their homes by eye-watering rent hikes and the discriminatory practices that push so many into homelessness must be stamped out," she added.

From BBC

Vowing to stamp out pervasive corruption and “put the poor first,” he slashed funding for most government agencies and created a vast system of welfare payments for elderly and young people.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• abolish
• crush
• eliminate
• eradicate
• exterminate
• extinguish
• put down
• quell
• snuff out
• squelch
• suppress
• wipe out