STOMPED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

stomped

verb

past tense of stomp

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed

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as in stamped

to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure stomping the burning leaves in a vain attempt to put out the fire

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Recent Examples of stomped McColley pushed Parente out onto the street and stomped his boot in the victim’s face five times, crushing Parente’s head into the pavement before fleecing his pockets and fleeing, according to the criminal complaint. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026 Letter writers recalled how Paden saved his father’s life when a cow nearly stomped him to death in a field, after the elder Paden came between the cow and her calf. — Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The Bulldogs visit Arkansas, which just got stomped by Utah, to open SEC play Saturday. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Even when stomped into the mud by a 17,500-pound apex predator, dinosaur footprints rarely last long enough to fossilize over millions of years. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026 As Flores was still celebrating, Bjornsson — the previous deadlift world-record holder (510kg) — stomped up to him and reached out to grasp his rival, but only to offer a congratulatory hug of genuine warmth and affection. — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The man in the footage stomped the adult duck and then stood on the animal. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 The way Brooks stomped, or glided, or moseyed into the end zone will be forgotten. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026 San Francisco rolled into SoFi Stadium on Thursday night and stomped the Chargers 41-17. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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Uribe shuffled off the mound, and the crowd at American Family Field roared.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Kering is starting to clean house, having already shuffled creative directors at Gucci, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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The rest of the Soviet delegation stamped their feet, and even Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko removed and timidly tapped his shoe in solidarity.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
The community nurse hadn’t even bothered to rewrite it, and the polite doctor simply stamped under her amendments.

— Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

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Drew Rasmussen squandered a two-run lead on the mound, Tampa Bay's bullpen let the game get away and the Rays stumbled to a 7-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians in their American League Championship Series opener Monday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Kore-eda stumbled on the manga in a bookshop rather than through its serial run.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of stumbled

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Video footage also showed people being trampled and hit with batons as officers traveled on horseback.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Philbrick, a seasoned and popular chronicler of the American past, is equally concerned with those who got trampled by the rush as with those who rode it to astonishing heights of wealth and influence.

— Richard Kreitner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of trampled

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The officer, identified as Official-1, was tied to a military trailer, struck with a shovel and rifle butt, kicked and subjected to other abuse, including injuries to his genitals.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
An initial investigation found that the girl and an adult family member were riding in a wagon pulled by the pony when it got spooked and kicked her, the sheriff's office said.

— Eric Henderson, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of kicked

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Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of tramped

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The storm battered the coast over the weekend with wind, rain and unusually large waves, which tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed into coastal homes.

— JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Waves tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed against coastal homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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