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Definition of Stamp down
1. Verb. To put down by force or authority. "Conquer one's desires"
Specialized synonyms: Blink, Blink Away, Wink, Dampen, Stifle, Choke Back, Choke Down, Choke Off, Hush, Hush Up, Quieten, Shut Up, Silence, Still, Burke, Silence, Quell, Quench, Squelch, Muffle, Repress, Smother, Stifle, Strangle
Generic synonyms: Check, Contain, Control, Curb, Hold, Hold In, Moderate
Derivative terms: Conquering, Conqueror, Inhibition, Inhibition, Subduer, Suppresser, Suppresser, Suppression, Suppression, Suppressive, Suppressor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stamp Down
Literary usage of Stamp down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches and Addresses Delivered in the Congress of the United States: And by Henry Winter Davis, John Angel James Cresswell (1867)
"Maintain your power intact, scout down and stamp down any man who speaks of any
terms of peace at all. (Great applause.) Tell him that this is no foreign ..."
2. Speeches and Addresses Delivered in the Congress of the United States: And by Henry Winter Davis, John Angel James Cresswell (1867)
"Maintain your power intact, scout down and stamp down any man who speaks of any
terms of peace at all. (Great applause.) Tell him that this is no foreign ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... stamp down; — labia trample the law under foot, violate the law; ~ Jonkun
oikeutta <\. oi- ..."
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