Trampling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling. countable, uncountable

    "The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up."

  2. 2
    the sound of heavy treading or stomping wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trample form-of, gerund, participle, present

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calcationstampedetrampletrample

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"It's the land of my ancestors that you're trampling with your feet!"

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