stamp out

stamp out

Miller's promise to stamp out crime on these streets is, at best, a naive fantasy

Syn:
put an end/stop to, end, stop, crush, put down, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, scotch, squash, quash, quell, subdue, suppress, extinguish, stifle, abolish, get rid of, eliminate, eradicate, beat, overcome, defeat, destroy, wipe out; informal put the kibosh on, clean house

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  • 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • stamp out — [v] extinguish abolish, blot out*, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, kill, put down, quell, snuff out, suppress, wipe out*; concepts 95,252 …   New thesaurus

  • stamp out — index eliminate (eradicate), eradicate, extirpate, obliterate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • stamp out — verb end or extinguish by forceful means (Freq. 2) Stamp out poverty! • Syn: ↑kill • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

  • stamp out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stamp out : present tense I/you/we/they stamp out he/she/it stamps out present participle stamping out past tense stamped out past participle stamped out 1) to end something bad or unpleasant by taking strong… …   English dictionary

  • stamp out — {v.} To destroy completely and make disappear. * /In the last few years, we have nearly stamped out polio by using vaccine./ * /The police and judges are trying to stamp out crime./ Compare: WIPE OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stamp out — {v.} To destroy completely and make disappear. * /In the last few years, we have nearly stamped out polio by using vaccine./ * /The police and judges are trying to stamp out crime./ Compare: WIPE OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stamp\ out — v To destroy completely and make disappear. In the last few years, we have nearly stamped out polio by using vaccine. The police and judges are trying to stamp out crime. Compare: wipe out …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stamp out — verb To get rid of, eradicate. Since 1956, Nasution had been trying to stamp out corruption in the Army …   Wiktionary

  • stamp out — phr verb Stamp out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disease, ↑racism …   Collocations dictionary

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