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

The internet and smartphone threatened to stamp out scribblers entirely. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026

Even more impressive than the scoreless streak is the degree to which Miller is stamping out even the threat of allowing a run. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026

Magyar has run his campaign on a promise to stamp out corruption and restore press freedom as well repair the country’s flagging economy and its relations with the EU. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2026

Luna noted that the department’s Civilian Oversight Commission issued more than two dozen recommendations aimed to stamping out internal gangs, and a majority of them are already substantially in effect, with others in the process of being implemented. —City News Service, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for stamp out

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