trample

/ˈtræm·pəl/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to step heavily on or crush someone or something: [T] The commuter in a hurry tramples anyone who gets in the way. [I] fig. An employer cannot trample on the rights of employees (= damage or destroy them).

(Definition of trample v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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