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
Although their decisions can deny government or other parties the benefit of court enforcement and alert elites and the public about executive actions that trample basic rights or break core rules of U.S. democracy, judges lack dedicated armies and the power to directly levy taxes.
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Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
Prequels are clever ways to exploit valuable intellectual product without actually trampling on material audiences already love; some savvy Broadway types have come to see that as a surer bet than the more typical live adaptation.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The livestock, according to the report, destroy the habitats by defecating and urinating in the streams, trampling on the banks and ravaging vegetation.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
This is a disastrous strategy that ensures that Trump will trample on one victim after another.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
Prequels are clever ways to exploit valuable intellectual product without actually trampling on material audiences already love; some savvy Broadway types have come to see that as a surer bet than the more typical live adaptation.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The livestock, according to the report, destroy the habitats by defecating and urinating in the streams, trampling on the banks and ravaging vegetation.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
This is a disastrous strategy that ensures that Trump will trample on one victim after another.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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