stamp+out
11stamp out — phr verb Stamp out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disease, ↑racism …
12stamp out — destroy completely and make disappear The government is making a great effort to stamp out smoking among teenagers …
13stamp out something — stamp out (something) to stop or destroy something. How long have we been trying to stamp out drugs? Everyone enjoys these games, although some people want to stamp them out …
14stamp out — PHRASAL VERB If you stamp something out, you put an end to it. [V n P] Dr Muffett stressed that he was opposed to bullying in schools and that action would be taken to stamp it out. [V n P] ...on the spot fines to stamp the problems out. [Also V… …
15stamp out — Synonyms and related words: abscind, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, blow out, bob, choke, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, damp, dock, douse, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, exterminate, extinguish,… …
16stamp out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. eliminate, kill off, dispatch; see destroy 1 , kill 1 , remove 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. extinguish, snuff out, crush, put out, squelch, stop, kill. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To destroy all traces of:… …
17To stamp out — Stamp Stamp (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped} (st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See… …
18stamp out — exterminate, uproot …
19stamp — [stamp] vt. [ME stampen, akin to OHG stampfon < Gmc * stampon, *stampjan, to press to pieces < IE * stembh , to crush < base * steb(h) , a post, pole > STAFF2, STEP, STUMP] 1. to bring (the foot) down forcibly on the ground, a floor,… …
20Stamp — (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped} (st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See {Step}, v. i …
