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flat⋅ten

[flat-n]
–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.
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


flat⋅ten⋅er, noun


2. ground, fell, prostrate, deck, floor.
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