trample

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tram⋅ple

[tram-puh

verb, -pled, -pling, noun

–verb (used without object)

1.	to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.

2.	to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed.

3.	to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over): to trample on another's feelings.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.

5.	to domineer harshly over; crush: to trample law and order.

6.	to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually fol. by out): to trample out a fire.

–noun

7.	the act of trampling.

8.	the sound of trampling.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME tramplen to stamp (c. G trampeln); see tramp, -le

Related forms:

trampler, noun

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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tram·ple (trām'pəl)

v. tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples

v. tr.

v. intr.

To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.
To inflict injury as if by treading heavily: "trampling on the feelings of those about you" (Thornton Wilder).

n. The action or sound of trampling.

[Middle English tramplen, frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp.]
tram'pler n.

Word Origin & History

trample

1382, "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1530.

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