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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Recent Examples of trample
Ludwig takes a dart to the neck, falls several stories to the concrete, gets run over by a bus, then flattened by a steamroller and finally trampled by the USC marching band.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Half a dozen such groups running simultaneously provokes outrage—and not just because pedestrians are afraid they’ll be trampled by Hokas.
—Matt Gross, Outside Online, 14 May 2025
Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Stay on those trails and do not trample the flowers (or take any home).
—Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Half a dozen such groups running simultaneously provokes outrage—and not just because pedestrians are afraid they’ll be trampled by Hokas.
—Matt Gross, Outside Online, 14 May 2025
Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Stay on those trails and do not trample the flowers (or take any home).
—Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trample
stomp
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In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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