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

Examples of stamp out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But to truly stamp out Iran’s regional influence, the United States must subordinate these concerns and focus on combating Iran’s partners. —James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025

German-speaking people sought new opportunities, refuge from crop failure and liberty from oppression stemming from militarism to stamp out revolutions in the 1840s. —Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 3 July 2025

Scrambling from one fireworks complaint to another to stamp out the festivities, only to arrive and find the perpetrators have vanished in a sulfuric firecracker haze. —Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025

The murder of these priests did not stamp out their ideas. —Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025

Rhymes for stamp out

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