flattened; flattening
ˈflat-niŋ 
ˈfla-tə-
: to make flat: such as
a
: to make level or smooth
b
: to knock down
also
: to defeat decisively
c
: to make dull or uninspired
—often used with out
d
: to make lusterless
flatten paint
e
: to stabilize especially at a lower level
: to become flat or flatter: such as
a
: to become dull or spiritless
b
: to extend in or into a flat position or form
c
: to become uniform or stabilized often at a new lower level
—usually used with out
Examples of flatten in a Sentence
Dozens of houses were flattened by the tornado.
The boxer was flattened in the seventh round.
The team got flattened in the first round of the play-offs.
Prices are expected to flatten after the holiday shopping season.
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The internet has fragmented and flattened subcultures.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
About a mile south — at a rural corner lot since flattened by Tuesday’s calamitous explosions at a fireworks storage facility — laid the place where their missing sons and grandsons, respectively, were last known to be.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
This could flatten demand for clean technologies, in turn impeding plans for new factories, like those coming to Kentucky.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The fighting has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting.
—Bassem Mroue, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
About a mile south — at a rural corner lot since flattened by Tuesday’s calamitous explosions at a fireworks storage facility — laid the place where their missing sons and grandsons, respectively, were last known to be.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
This could flatten demand for clean technologies, in turn impeding plans for new factories, like those coming to Kentucky.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The fighting has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting.
—Bassem Mroue, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatten. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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