Meanings
verbstamp out (third-person singular simple present stamps out, present participle stamping out, simple past and past participle stamped out)
present singular third person stamps out · participle present stamping out · participle past stamped out · past stamped out
- transitiveTo extinguish by stamping.
- transitiveTo get rid of totally; to eradicate.
Since 1956, Nasution had been trying to stamp out corruption in the Army.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan erradicar
- erradicarto get rid of
Dutch uitroeien
- uitroeiento get rid of
French juguler, mettre fin à
- jugulerto get rid of
- mettre fin àto get rid of
German ausstanzen, austrampeln
- ausstanzento extinguish by stamping
- austrampelnto extinguish by stamping
- ausmerzento get rid of
- ausrottento get rid of
Italian estirpare
- estirpareto get rid of
Portuguese erradicar
- erradicarto get rid of
Russian затоптать, искореня́ть
- затоптать (zatoptatʹ)to extinguish by stamping
- искореня́ть (iskorenjátʹ)to get rid of
- искорени́ть (iskorenítʹ)to get rid of
- избавля́ться от (izbavljátʹsja ot)to get rid of
- изба́виться от (izbávitʹsja ot)to get rid of
Spanish erradicar
- erradicarto get rid of
Turkish bertaraf etmek, kökünü kurutmak
- bertaraf etmekto get rid of
- kökünü kurutmakto get rid of
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APA
stamp out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stamp%20out
MLA
“stamp out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stamp%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stamp out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stamp%20out.
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