flattened

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of flatten.
  flatten

  verb (used with object)

  to make flat.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of flatten.
  flatten

  verb (used with object)

  to make flat.

Example Sentences

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flattened

But the Arab oil embargo that fall flattened the housing market, and Remax’s backers pulled out, leaving the fledgling firm, at its lowest point, more than $600,000 in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Would seeing your house flattened by Hurricane Shell wake people up?

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Water vole volunteers 'get very excited by flattened poo'

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

From the air, neighborhoods in Cali appeared flattened, with piles of grey rubble replacing entire blocks of homes and apartment buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Once, she had seen a haint raise such a bluster on the sidewalk that a living man stumbled as it spun through him, falling hard into the street and nearly getting flattened by a streetcar.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Related Words

• crush
• raze
• smash
• straighten