trample
Americanverb (used without object)
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to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
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to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually followed by on, upon, orover ).
to trample on a flower bed.
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to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually followed by on, upon, orover ).
to trample on another's feelings.
verb (used with object)
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to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.
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to domineer harshly over; crush.
to trample law and order.
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to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually followed byout ).
to trample out a fire.
noun
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the act of trampling.
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the sound of trampling.
verb
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to stamp or walk roughly (on)
to trample the flowers
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to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurt
to trample on someone's feelings
noun
Other Word Forms
- trampler noun
- untrampled adjective
Etymology
Origin of trample
1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln ); tramp, -le
Example Sentences
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The FPA called on the police to "immediately take action against the officers involved in this unprovoked assault and to act in the future to safeguard press freedoms, rather than trample upon them."
From Barron's
Torak couldn’t see beyond the firelight, but he knew that the clearing, too, was a wreck of snapped saplings and trampled bracken.
From Literature
Don’t trample or pick the flowers and stay on the paths because even barren ground could have seeds germinating beneath.
From Los Angeles Times
A few days ago the boys had accidentally kicked over the big basket I’d been storing it in, and the piece had been trampled as they chased each other around.
From Literature
I would never again open my heart only to have it crushed, trampled and beaten with betrayal.
From Literature
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