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trample

DEFINITIONS OF: trample

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v tread or stomp heavily or roughly

“The soldiers trampled across the fields”
Synonyms:
tread
Types:
treadle
tread over
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

v walk on and flatten

trample the flowers”
Synonyms:
tramp down, tread down
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

v injure by trampling or as if by trampling

“The passerby was trampled by an elephant”
Type of:
injure, wound
cause injuries or bodily harm to

n the sound of heavy treading or stomping

“he heard the trample of many feet”
Synonyms:
trampling
Type of:
sound
the sudden occurrence of an audible event
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