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trampled

[tram-puhl] Origin

tram·ple

[tram-puhl] 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 followed 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 followed 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 followed by out): to trample out a fire.

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Trampled is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
noun
7.
the act of trampling.
8.
the sound of trampling.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln); see tramp, -le

tram·pler, noun
un·tram·pled, adjective
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trample
1382, "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1530.
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