trample

pronunciation

How to pronounce trample in British English: UK [ˈtræmpl] word uk audio image

How to pronounce trample in American English: US [ˈtræmpl] word us audio image

Noun:

the sound of heavy treading or stomping
Verb:

tread or stomp heavily or roughly
injure by trampling or as if by trampling
walk on and flatten

Word Origin

trample (v.): late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp (v.). Transitive sense "beat down by continuously treading on" is from mid-15c. Related: Trampled; trampling. As a noun from c. 1600.

Synonym

v.

infringe over on to do run bully intimidate browbeat hector trench ride hurt domineer encroach violence

v.

transgress defy disregard at naught break set

v.

out vanquish conquer overpower put defeat rout

v.

v.

on tread stomp squash walk tramp crush stamp trample flatter roughly

Example

1. And we 've sanctioned those who trample on human rights abroad .

2. It uses this wealth to trample on the doctrine that enriched it .

3. Rebel fighters trample on the head of a muammar gadhafi statue inside the main compound .

4. Meanwhile this weekend , activists -- bearing a mock wolf skin for protestors to trample -- are planning to march to the central liaison office to protest its perceived interference in the city 's politics .

5. ' The government is not empowered to trample shareholder and property rights even in the midst of a financial emergency , ' the suit against the government said .

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