trample

[tram-puh l]

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verb (used without object), tram·pled, tram·pling.

to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.

to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed.

to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on another's feelings.

verb (used with object), tram·pled, tram·pling.

to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.

to domineer harshly over; crush: to trample law and order.

to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually followed by out): to trample out a fire.

noun

the act of trampling.

the sound of trampling.

Origin of trample

1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln); see tramp, -le

Related formstram·pler, nounun·tram·pled, adjective

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Related Words for trampled

crush, violate, injure, overwhelm, stomp, squash, hurt, infringe, flatten, encroach, override, pound, tread, stamp, bruise, grind, tramp, tromp

Examples from the Web for trampled

Historical Examples of trampled

Trampled vegetation showed them the path to the firing place.
The Flaming Mountain
Harold Leland Goodwin
Trampled by the buffalo, every bush and low tree had been stripped bare.
Scouting with Daniel Boone
Everett T. Tomlinson
Trampled down by the ignoble feet of strangers, its springs still retain force enough to restore itself.
English Past and Present
Richard Chevenix Trench
Trampled upon, broken-spirited, and as if that's not enough, in my idiocy I must needs fall in love!
The Storm
Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky
Trampled upon by the terrified horses and wounded by the arrows, they lay writhing on the ground in agony.
Life of Edward the Black Prince
Louise Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for trampled

trample

verb (when intr, usually foll by on, upon, or over)

to stamp or walk roughly (on)to trample the flowers

to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurtto trample on someone's feelings

noun

the action or sound of trampling

Derived Formstrampler, noun

Word Origin for trample

C14: frequentative of tramp; compare Middle High German trampeln

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Word Origin and History for trampled

trample

late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1520s. Related: Trampled; trampling.