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
The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
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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
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
stomping
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After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Trampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampling. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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