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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Recent Examples of trample
Not when the rule of law — our democracy’s foundation — was being trampled by an administration more focused on control than on justice.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Which was of course the straw that started the joke that may have scared the camel now trampling Mr. Colbert and his staff.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Four people in the crowd died including one shot dead by police; and another believed trampled to death by other rioters.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2025
As the players remember it, Wilks told them in his story about how his family had been proud of its yard in West Charlotte, but that the yard kept getting trampled by people using it as a shortcut to go somewhere else.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Which was of course the straw that started the joke that may have scared the camel now trampling Mr. Colbert and his staff.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Four people in the crowd died including one shot dead by police; and another believed trampled to death by other rioters.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2025
As the players remember it, Wilks told them in his story about how his family had been proud of its yard in West Charlotte, but that the yard kept getting trampled by people using it as a shortcut to go somewhere else.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trample
stomp
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Reed and Sue, of course, refuse, so the Fantastic Four try to rally humanity and get ready for Galactus to stomp around Manhattan, Godzilla style.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The bird didn’t let up until the man basically stomped its head down on the ground and held it there.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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