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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Through the middle of the twentieth century, Poland was trampled and carved apart by wars between bigger powers.
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Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
Had there been an emergency, i.e. a gunshot, people would have been trampled and injured or killed trying to get out.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Sure, Premier League clubs were generally profitable at that time — rapid growth in TV rights deals had not yet been caught up, and then trampled over, by the unremitting surge in player wages — but only Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool booked a bigger surplus over those six years than United.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Never has one trampled on the American Constitution, while threatening to disregard judges who stand in his way, weaken countervailing powers, and take control of social media.
—Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
Had there been an emergency, i.e. a gunshot, people would have been trampled and injured or killed trying to get out.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Sure, Premier League clubs were generally profitable at that time — rapid growth in TV rights deals had not yet been caught up, and then trampled over, by the unremitting surge in player wages — but only Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool booked a bigger surplus over those six years than United.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Never has one trampled on the American Constitution, while threatening to disregard judges who stand in his way, weaken countervailing powers, and take control of social media.
—Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trample
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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