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flatten
[ flat-n ]
flatten
/ ˈflætən /
verb
- sometimes foll by out to make or become flat or flatter
- informal.tr
- to knock down or injure; prostrate
- to crush or subdue
failure will flatten his self-esteem
- tr music to lower the pitch of (a note) by one chromatic semitone Usual US wordflat
- intrfoll byout to manoeuvre an aircraft into horizontal flight, esp after a dive
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Derived Forms
- ˈflattener, noun
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Other Words From
- flatten·er noun
- over·flatten verb (used with object)
- un·flattened adjective
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Example Sentences
He uses a spatula to flatten the onions and the meat together, creating a broad circular patty with an uneven edge.
They are specifically designed to ‘flatten out and mushroom’ when striking human tissue, and are intended to cause maximum damage.
In a way, the print emphasizes the pelt-like nature of all images, as they flatten out the world and hand it over to us.
And, when Fajr-5s began making them run for cover they did not began shouting to "flatten all of Gaza."
Recessions tend to flatten income differentials, but this Great Recession is having the opposite effect.
But I allow they'd flatten us all aout in jest abaout a minnit, if they wuz to set aout tew!
To do this it is necessary to slightly flatten all the fifths and sharpen the major thirds.
And then young Weedham tried a necktie tackle that was supposed to flatten Black Hood to the floor.
The strange thing about this Titanic machine is that it can crack an egg, or flatten out a ton or more of glowing iron.
Opposition may dissolve, antagonistic cults flatten out to a common culture, almost imperceptibly.
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