overtramplev.
/ˌəʊvəˈtrampl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtræmp(ə)l/ transitive. To trample over or upon; to tread down. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > trample
treadc825
overtreadOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
defoulc1290
foil13..
to-treada1382
foula1400
fulyie1488
overgo1488
trample1530
tramp1533
conculcate1570
trample1577
overtrample1589
tramp1596
inculcate1598
stramplea1610
calcate1623
scrunch1861
1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 250 That the beastes of the fielde may ouer trample vs.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 792 Under foote they over-trample it, as if it had bin standing corn ready for harvest.
a1627 J. Hayward Ann. First Four Years Queen Elizabeth (1840) 34 The French were unwilling to receive that people to any footing in France whoe had soe roughly overtrampled all ther country before.
1744 A. Hill Let. 24 July in Wks. (1753) II. 305 Overtrampling all propriety.
1911 M. Johnston Long Roll xxxiv. 488 It was a solemn wood of pines and cedars, not overtrampled as yet by war.
1996 Miami Herald (Nexis) 2 June 1 j This very oblivion has saved Pickett's Mill while other, more famous battlefields have been lost or overtrampled by development.
Derivatives
overˈtrampled adj.
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society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > suppressed
to-bentc1401
suppressed1536
trodden1545
quailed1567
overtroddena1586
underfoot1594
undertrodden1594
downtrodden1597
downtrod1598
low-broughta1599
silenced1609
overborne1611
crusheda1616
trod1638
run-down1683
trampleda1764
overtrampled1827
sat-upon1873
1827 T. Hood Monkey-martyr in Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 67 He could not read Of niggers whipt, or over-trampled weavers.
1997 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. e33/1 New York..offers something a little more exciting than a few acres of overtrampled park.
overˈtrampling n.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > trampling
defoulc1330
tramplingc1440
conculcation1547
overtrampling1593
trample1604
calcation1656
occulcation1656
tramp1808
decalcation1827
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28v The irruptiue ouer-trampling of the Romans.
2000 Federal Document Clearing House Congress. Testimony (Nexis) 14 Aug. It immediately raises the question of how we can prevent the overgrazing and overtrampling that are so often associated with livestock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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