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trample

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tram⋅ple

  [tram-puhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
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–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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tram·ple   (trām'pəl)   
v.   tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples

v.   tr.

  1. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.

  2. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.

v.   intr.

  1. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

trample 
1382, "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1530.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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