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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Recent Examples of trampling
Ukraine accuses Russia of trampling over its sovereignty with an imperial war of conquest.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
However, there’s nothing funny about trampling — in the lust for partisan political power — the quaintly democratic notion that congressional districts should fairly represent the characteristics and values of their constituents.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
This helps explain why many Poles are willing to turn a blind eye to PiS trampling on some democratic norms.
—Remi Adekoya, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2017
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
However, there’s nothing funny about trampling — in the lust for partisan political power — the quaintly democratic notion that congressional districts should fairly represent the characteristics and values of their constituents.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
This helps explain why many Poles are willing to turn a blind eye to PiS trampling on some democratic norms.
—Remi Adekoya, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trampling
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Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Aug. 2025
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No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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New Zealand, then known as the Gal Blacks, had been granted permission from Maori elders to perform the haka, the ceremonial war dance that features chanting, stamping and facial gestures such as pukana (bulging eyes) and whetero (sticking out the tongue).—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Trampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampling. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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