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   trample

   /ˈtrampl/

   verb

   • 1. tread on and crush: "the fence had been trampled down" Similar treadtrampstampwalk oversquashcrushflattencompresspress (down)compactpoundtamp downmanglepulpmashpulverize
   • ▪ treat with contempt: "a lay statesman ought not to trample upon the opinions of his Church advisers" Similar treat with contemptride roughshod overdisregardset at naughtshow no consideration fortreat inconsideratelytreat disrespectfullytake for grantedencroach oninfringeabusedo violence to

   noun

   • 1. an act or the sound of trampling: literary "destruction's trample treads them down"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘tread heavily’): frequentative of tramp.

   Derivatives

   • 1. trampler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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