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Antonyms for stamp out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stamp
Phonetic Transcription : stæmp


Definition of stamp out

Origin :
  • Old English stempan "to pound in a mortar, stamp," from Proto-Germanic *stampojanan (cf. Old Norse stappa, Middle Dutch stampen, Old High German stampfon, German stampfen "to stamp with the foot, beat, pound," German Stampfe "pestle"), from nasalized form of PIE root *stebh- "to support, place firmly on" (cf. Greek stembein "to trample, misuse;" see staff (n.)). The meaning "impress or mark (something) with a die" is first recorded 1560.
  • Related: Stamped; stamping. To stamp out "extinguish (a fire) by stamping on it" is attested from 1851 in the figurative sense. Stamping ground "one's particular territory" (1821) is from the notion of animals. Italian stampa "stamp, impression," Spanish estampar "to stamp, print," French estamper "to stamp, impress" are Germanic loan-words.
  • verb put an end to
Example sentences :
  • He should be able to quell a mutiny, check a mob or stamp out a rebellion.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • Yet it has taken the British months to stamp out the Boers who were few.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • Cut in squares or stamp out into fancy shapes, and fry in butter.
  • Extract from : « New Vegetarian Dishes » by Mrs. Bowdich
  • What they did was to stand by to stamp out what fire they could.
  • Extract from : « The U-boat hunters » by James B. Connolly
  • We are to show humanity to ourselves; we are to stamp out this lit fuse.
  • Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston
  • To stamp out the previous faith was the only policy on either side.
  • Extract from : « Royal Edinburgh » by Margaret Oliphant
  • Conquer and stamp out all these things to which you and I and all men of intelligence object.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • We are going, one of these days, to stamp out the thirteenth colony.
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
  • Vainly he tried to stamp out the evil of this resentment, for evil he believed it to be.
  • Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood
  • Active measures were now taken to stamp out the heresy in Oxford.
  • Extract from : « Oxford and its Story » by Cecil Headlam

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