stamp out

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

Examples of stamp out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Iran claimed the shutdown was a wartime necessity Iranian authorities first shut down the internet in January during mass anti-government protests that were eventually stamped out in a violent crackdown. —Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026

Iranian authorities first shut down the internet in January during mass anti-government protests that were eventually stamped out in a violent crackdown. —ABC News, 27 May 2026

And Baran couldn’t stamp out their doubts. —Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026

There is a strong cultural civil society that has been thriving for years within Iran, in the absence of all the retail opportunities and travel opportunities and all the other liberties that the regime stamps out. —Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026

Rhymes for stamp out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout