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 That was broken up by Owens, who stomped Gunther and then caught him with a big clothesline. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Ten members of a Pennsylvania high school football team, including several coaches, face charges after a player was allegedly stomped with cleats, and jabbed in the buttocks with a broomstick. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 Cece got out of bed, put on a pair of fuzzy pink slippers, and stomped to her mother’s office. — Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Thornton stomped around the mound, flexing and screaming in celebration. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 12 July 2026 On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since. — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Two suspects are being sought in a horrific homicide in which police allege a mother of four was beaten with bricks and stomped to death during a robbery in North Philadelphia. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 June 2026 The emphasis on winning to keep kids signed up and continue making money has stomped creativity out of American players, who are encouraged to play safely to ensure results instead of developing a players’ feel for the game. — Andy Yamashita, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026

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The Playoff remains parked at 12 teams, and some G6 conferences shuffled teams, now including North Dakota State and Sacramento State.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Black voters were shuffled around Houston, with much of the previous 9th Congressional District becoming the new 18th District.

— Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026

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Ironically, the information sheets are stamped with the CDC's logo - as required by law - even though Amherst Pediatrics has explicitly directed patients away from the CDC.

— Karen Brown, NPR, 30 July 2026
These gifts work because the personalization is functional and discreet, not a logo stamped onto an ordinary object.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

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Athletic Club stumbled through most of last season, in part due to star forward Nico Williams never reaching 100 per cent fitness.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Andropov died in 1984, and Gorbachev took more than a year to gain power while the Kremlin stumbled along under the caretaker regime of the grievously ill Konstantin Chernenko.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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Although most of the migrants have since gone back, more than 80 migrants died, including some who drowned or were trampled in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, according to Spanish and Moroccan authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, previously told Fox News Digital that the turnstiles were installed by a local farmer after visitors repeatedly trampled meadows while flocking to the scenic overlook.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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Eventual champions Coventry City and runners-up Ipswich Town were tipped to finish fourth and third respectively before a ball had been kicked last August, via the running of 10,000 simulations of how the campaign would unfold.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass in relief of Joe Burrow, Evan McPherson kicked three field goals and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Detroit Lions 16-14 Thursday night in the preseason opener for both teams.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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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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When Rigo arrived and asked about the minivan, he was shown a video of the crime scene being picked up and smashed to pieces.

— Lauren Clark, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
At a red light, one officer rushed out of the patrol car, smashed the driver’s-side window and pulled the driver to the ground.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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