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trampling

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tram·ple  (trmpl)
v. tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples
v.tr.
1. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
2. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.
v.intr.
1. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.
2. To inflict injury as if by treading heavily: "trampling on the feelings of those about you" (Thornton Wilder).
n.
The action or sound of trampling.
[Middle English tramplen, frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp.]
trampler n.
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Noun1.trampling - the sound of heavy treading or stompingtrampling - the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"
trample
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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Pierre clutched his temples, and turning round went into the forest, trampling through the deep snow, and muttering incoherent words:
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But it will be owing only to your labors, and the fearless efforts of those who, trampling the laws and Constitution of the country under their feet, are determined that they will "hide the out- cast," and that their hearths shall be, spite of the law, an asylum for the oppressed, if, some time or other, the humblest may stand in our streets, and bear witness in safety against the cruelties of which he has been the victim.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
But whilst they were getting all ready, they heard the trampling of a horse at a distance, which so frightened them that they pushed their prisoner neck and shoulders together into a sack, and swung him up by a cord to the tree, where they left him dangling, and ran away.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
 
 
 
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