trampling

present participle of trample
as in stomping
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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“Trampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampling. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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