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flat⋅ten

  [flat-n]
Use flatten in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make flat.
2. to knock down: The boxer flattened his opponent in the second round.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become flat.
—Verb phrases
4. flatten in, Nautical. flat 1 (def. 61).
5. flatten out, Aeronautics. to fly into a horizontal position, as after a dive.
Origin:
1620–30; flat 1 + -en 1

Related forms:
flat⋅ten⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. ground, fell, prostrate, deck, floor.
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flat·ten   (flāt'n)   
v.   flat·tened, flat·ten·ing, flat·tens

v.   tr.

  1. To make flat or flatter.

  2. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch.

v.   intr.
To become flat or flatter.
flat'ten·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
flatten

  1. tv.
    to knock someone down with a blow. : Shorty flattened the kid with a jab to the nose.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

flatten
To remove structural information, especially to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat ASCII. "This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form."
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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