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
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The moves come as the Trump administration seeks to stamp out DEI programs in both the federal government and the private sector.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was intended to undermine the country’s future in many ways, stamping out language and culture, destroying infrastructure and leveling whole cities with bombs in the country’s east.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
China’s government insists that it is fully committed to stamping out pig-butchering.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
These escaped enslaved people created their own culture in defiance of the Code Noir, French colonial laws that tried to stamp out African spirituality in favor of Roman Catholicism.
—Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was intended to undermine the country’s future in many ways, stamping out language and culture, destroying infrastructure and leveling whole cities with bombs in the country’s east.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
China’s government insists that it is fully committed to stamping out pig-butchering.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
These escaped enslaved people created their own culture in defiance of the Code Noir, French colonial laws that tried to stamp out African spirituality in favor of Roman Catholicism.
—Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Stamp out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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