trampleverb [ I or T, usually + prep ]
uk/ˈtræm.pəl/us/ˈtræm.pəl/trample verb [ I or T, usually + prep ] (STEP HEAVILY ON)
to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury:
Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds!
Eight people were trampled to death (= killed) when the stadium collapsed and the crowd rushed out onto the football pitch.
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Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- wipe
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Injuring and injuries
trample verb [ I or T, usually + prep ] (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
to act without any respect for someone or something:
She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen.
He argues that Congress trampled the constitutional rights of legal immigrants in the new welfare reform law.
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- sexual harassment
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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Neglecting and ignoring