trample
[verb]
Synonyms: crush, flatten, run over, squash, stamp, tread, walk over

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Related Words: stoach, stramp, stunt, pound, tread (on), override

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tram‧ple /ˈtræmpəl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: tramp]

1. to step heavily on something, so that you crush it with your feet
trample on/over/through etc
There was a small fence to stop people trampling on the flowers.
trample somebody/something underfoot
The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd.
trample somebody to death (=kill someone by stepping heavily on them)
Several people were nearly trampled to death in the rush to get out.

2. to behave in a way that shows that you do not care about someone’s rights or feelings
trample on/over somebody/something
Don’t let people trample all over you.
Their interests and rights had been trampled underfoot.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

trample
verb
ADV. down crops that have been trampled down by walkers' feet
underfoot He saved a little girl from being trampled underfoot in the rush for the fire exit.
PREP. on (often figurative) The government is trampling on the views of ordinary people.
over Police officers had been trampling all over the ground.
PHRASES be trampled to death

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲