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flattenflatten /ˈflæt˺n/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEflatten |
Present | I, you, we, they | flatten | | he, she, it | flattens | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flattened | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flattened | | he, she, it | has flattened | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flattened | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will flatten | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flattened |
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Present | I | am flattening | | he, she, it | is flattening | | you, we, they | are flattening | Past | I, he, she, it | was flattening | | you, we, they | were flattening | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flattening | | he, she, it | has been flattening | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flattening | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flattening | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flattening |
THESAURUSto damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired► destroyto damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired: Pollution may destroy the 17th-century shrine. The school was completely destroyed by fire. ► demolish (also tear down informal) to completely destroy a building, structure, or part of a building: They demolished the old houses and built an apartment building there. After the war, all the statues of the former leader were torn down. ► devastate to damage a place very badly or destroy many things in it. Used especially in writing: The earthquake devastated the city. ► reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes formal to destroy something, especially a building or town, completely. Used especially in writing: Dresden was reduced to rubble in the bombings. ► level/flatten to destroy everything in an area so that nothing is standing above the ground: The tornado flattened parts of the city. ► wipe out informal to destroy all of a group of people or things: The flood wiped out the whole village. ► total informal to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired: He got in a bad accident and totaled his new car. ► wreck informal to damage a vehicle or machine very badly, often so that it cannot be repaired: You’re going to wreck the machine if you keep forcing it. 1 [intransitive, transitive] (also flatten out) to make something flat or flatter, or to become flat or flatter: Flatten the cardboard boxes and stack them in the corner. The hills flatten out near the coast.2[transitive] to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it, etc.: More than 10,000 houses were flattened by the quake.► see thesaurus at destroy3[transitive] informal to defeat someone completely and easily in a game, argument, etc.: The Packers flattened the Saints 42–6.4flatten yourself against something to press your body against something: I flattened myself against the wall.5[transitive] informal to hit someone very hard and knock him or her down: Shut up or I’ll flatten you! |