as in to stomp
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias
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The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Some inmates beat and trampled a young corrections officer, Bill Quinn, and grabbed his keys.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Now the kids were trampling the grass in front of the mound, the very spot where Kerkering bent over as Dodgers players rushed past him after winning Game 4.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Because there are an awful lot of people trampling on it.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Some inmates beat and trampled a young corrections officer, Bill Quinn, and grabbed his keys.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Now the kids were trampling the grass in front of the mound, the very spot where Kerkering bent over as Dodgers players rushed past him after winning Game 4.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Because there are an awful lot of people trampling on it.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trample
stomp
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As the latter stomped down the catwalk, Anok gave Gabbriette a makeshift haircut.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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And the Broncos proceeded to stomp Dallas into the turf at Empower Field for four quarters Sunday in a 44-24 drubbing, their best end-to-end performance of the year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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