stamp out

stamp out

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to put out or extinguish by stamping to stamp out a fire

2. to crush or suppress by force to stamp out a rebellion

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

stamp out - end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" kill terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

Translations

? stamp out

vt sep

fire → austreten; (fig: = eradicate) epidemic, crime, practice → ausrotten; opposition → unterdrücken, zunichtemachen; trouble → niederschlagen; rebels → unschädlich machen

(= punch or cut out) pattern, shape → ausstanzen

rhythm → (mit)stampfen

vi → heraustrampeln, heraussta(m)pfen