trampling

present participle of trample
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias

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Recent Examples of trampling The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals. Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024 In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion. John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024 This helps explain why many Poles are willing to turn a blind eye to PiS trampling on some democratic norms. Remi Adekoya, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2017

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“Trampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampling. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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