stomp out
phrasal verb
stomped out; stomping out; stomps out
1
: to stop or destroy (something bad)
They are determined to stomp out corruption.
2
: to stop (something) from burning by stepping on it forcefully with the feet
She stomped out her cigarette.
Examples of stomp out in a Sentence
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Yuri sure could use a friend since she’s surrounded by lost boys who take their advice from her deluded father (Willem Dafoe), ready to stomp out the ochis forever.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Baltimore pummeled Pittsburgh 28-14 at home, and the Bills stomped out the Broncos 31-7 in Buffalo.
—Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Marina, who, God help her, is just trying to do her job, angrily stomps out to a different cabin.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
The puppies went flying, and the man just barely retrieved them before stomping out the door.
—Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s because the native ecosystem throughout Southern California is 1) varied and 2) getting stomped out by our cities and invasive species.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The bear case: The Fed fails to stomp out inflation, keeping rates higher for longer and thus increasing the odds of a recession.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Tekashi attempted to ward the men off but was eventually stomped out and left in the facility battered and bloodied.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
In truth, this mostly seems to be about stomping out literature related to the LGBTQ+ community.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Baltimore pummeled Pittsburgh 28-14 at home, and the Bills stomped out the Broncos 31-7 in Buffalo.
—Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Marina, who, God help her, is just trying to do her job, angrily stomps out to a different cabin.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
The puppies went flying, and the man just barely retrieved them before stomping out the door.
—Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s because the native ecosystem throughout Southern California is 1) varied and 2) getting stomped out by our cities and invasive species.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The bear case: The Fed fails to stomp out inflation, keeping rates higher for longer and thus increasing the odds of a recession.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Tekashi attempted to ward the men off but was eventually stomped out and left in the facility battered and bloodied.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
In truth, this mostly seems to be about stomping out literature related to the LGBTQ+ community.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Stomp out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stomp%20out. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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