stamps out
Puts an end
Stamps out means to extinguish or eliminate completely, usually through forceful action.
Fire is stamped out by treading on it; rebellion is stamped out by suppression.
The government moved quickly to stamp out dissent.
The phrase implies deliberate, often aggressive effort to destroy something unwanted entirely.
- quellsSuppresses or pacifies
- quashesSuppresses or annuls
- abolishesOfficially ends or eliminates
- does away withEliminates or removes entirely
- precludesMakes impossible in advance
eliminates · silences · smothers · suppresses · eradicates · averts · expunges · douses · obliterates · neutralizes · curbs · banishes · purges · forestalls · extinguishes · deters · subdues · represses
elimination vs. promotion
stamps outpromotes
Advocates or elevates
encourages · fosters · cultivates · spreads · propagates
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