trampled; trampling
ˈtram-p(ə-)liŋ 
1
: tramp
especially
: to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
2
: to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly
—usually used with on, over, or upon
trampling on the rights of others
: to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading
trampled the flowers
trample
noun
Examples of trample in a Sentence
The workmen trampled on my flower bed.
Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd.
Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building.
They are trampling on our rights.
They are trampling our rights.
Their most cherished traditions have been trampled.
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During the same period, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI regularly trampled civil rights and engaged in black-bag jobs for presidents that included secret surveillance of U.S. citizens, again with no congressional oversight or judicial intervention.
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John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the early years of the tournament, ponies and horses were used to level the surface of the grass to a pristine standard by pulling a large roller, even wearing leather boots so as not to trample the freshly smooth surface or damage the grass.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2024
Reports trickled in that the animals were trampling farmland, attacking cattle and menacing fishing boats.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
After careful analysis, the team ruled out that the marks were made by rodents, carnivores that might have preyed on the animals, or other factors such as trampling, Delgado said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 July 2024
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John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the early years of the tournament, ponies and horses were used to level the surface of the grass to a pristine standard by pulling a large roller, even wearing leather boots so as not to trample the freshly smooth surface or damage the grass.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2024
Reports trickled in that the animals were trampling farmland, attacking cattle and menacing fishing boats.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
After careful analysis, the team ruled out that the marks were made by rodents, carnivores that might have preyed on the animals, or other factors such as trampling, Delgado said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 July 2024
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trample
verb
tram·ple
ˈtram-pəl
trampled; trampling
-p(ə-)liŋ
1
a
: to tramp or tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
cattle trampled on the young wheat
b
: to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading
trampled the flowers
2
: to injure or harm by ruthless or heartless treatment
trampling on the right of others
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