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STAMP OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
End or extinguish by forceful means
Example:
Stamp out poverty!
Synonyms:
kill; stamp out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "stamp out" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something