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   tram·ple

   /ˈtramp(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. tread on and crush: "the fence had been trampled down" Similar treadtrampstampwalk oversquashcrushflattencompresspress (down)compactpoundtamp downmanglepulpmashpulverize
   • ▪ treat with contempt: "a drug-testing device that doesn't trample on employees' civil liberties" Similar treat with contemptride roughshod overdisregardset at naughtshow no consideration fortreat inconsideratelytreat disrespectfullytake for grantedencroach oninfringeabusedo violence to

   noun

   • 1. an act or the sound of trampling: literary "destruction's trample treads them down"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘tread heavily’): frequentative of tramp.

   Derivatives

   • 1. trampler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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