trample
verb
[ ˈtramp(ə)l ]
• tread on and crush.
• "the fence had been trampled down"
Similar:
tread,
tramp,
stamp,
walk over,
squash,
crush,
flatten,
compress,
press (down),
compact,
pound,
tamp down,
mangle,
pulp,
mash,
pulverize,
trample
noun
• an act or the sound of trampling.
• "destruction's trample treads them down"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘tread heavily’): frequentative of tramp.
