Thesaurus results for TRAMPLE

trample

verb

ˈtram-pəl

as in to stomp

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 trample This is something that Black voting-rights advocates, from Frederick Douglass to Kwame Ture, long understood; that no person’s rights could really be inalienable if any person’s rights were trampled. —

Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Instead, he got trampled by the crowd. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026 His plan also trampled another key provision, the requirement that districts be compact. —

Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026 Matthew McLoughlin, campaign coordinator for Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, which supported the SAFE-T Act, said Bartholomew’s death is a tragedy, but said Bailey’s plans would trample on due process rights. —

Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trample

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trample

stomp

Verb

Grgich stomped grapes at age 3.

— Mark Dent, HubSpot, 15 May 2026
International researchers have officially identified Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a massive dinosaur that has stomped its way into the record books as the largest ever found in Southeast Asia.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026