Crossword Dictionary

trample

trample, trampled, tramples, trampling - v 

to tread on heavily; walk on and flatten

Wordplays

Synonyms

champ, stamp, stomp, tramp, tromp

sentence examples

“The workmen trampled on my flower bed.”

“Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd.”

“Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building.”

“They are trampling on our rights.”

Merriam-Webster

etymology

trample (v.)

late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp (v.) + -el (3). Transitive sense "beat down by continuously treading on" is from mid-15c. As a noun from c. 1600.