That new company could flatten the competition.
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Flatten
//ˈflæ.tən//
Synonyms for "flatten" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
mowmow downnormalizeoiloverrideplaneplanishplasterpresspress outprostratepull downput downput straightquellraserazerectifyreduceregularize
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regulateride downrollroll flatroutruinset straightshavesit upsmashsmoothsmooth downsmooth outsmoothensquashstabilizestand upstandardizesteamrollsteamrollerstereotypestraightenstraighten outstraighten upsubduesubjugatesuppresssymmetrizetake downtear downthrow downtrampletrample downtrample underfoottread underfootunbenduncurluniformizeunkinkunsnarlvanquish
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Translations
105 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بطط verb (to make something flat)
- سطح verb (to make something flat)
- سَطَّح verb (to make something flat)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изглаждам verb (to make something flat)
- изравнявам verb (to make something flat)
- просвам verb (to knock down or lay low)
Catalan
3 entries- aplanar verb (to make something flat)
- aplanar-se verb (to become flat)
- planejar verb (to make something flat)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 壓平 /压平 verb (to make something flat)
- 壓扁 /压扁 verb (to make something flat)
- 夷平 verb (to make something flat)
Czech
4 entries- rozdrtit verb (to knock down or lay low)
- splácnout verb (to make something flat)
- splácnout se verb (to become flat)
- srazit k zemi verb (to knock down or lay low)
Danish
1 entries- jævne verb (to make something flat)
Dutch
2 entries- aandrukken verb (to knock down or lay low)
- pletten verb (to make something flat)
Finnish
4 entries- litistää verb (to make something flat)
- lyödä verb (to knock down or lay low)
- lyödä maahan verb (to knock down or lay low)
- mennä litteäksi verb (to press one's body tightly against a surface)
French
1 entries- aplatir verb (to make something flat)
Galician
3 entries- achairar verb (to make something flat)
- achandar verb (to make something flat)
- achanzar verb (to make something flat)
Georgian
2 entries- აბრტყელებს verb (to make something flat)
- გააბრტყელებს verb (to make something flat)
German
4 entries- flachmachen verb (to make something flat)
- planieren verb (to make something flat)
- plattmachen verb (to knock down or lay low)
- plätten verb (to make something flat)
Hungarian
4 entries- kilapul verb (to become flat)
- kilapít verb (to make something flat)
- kinyújt verb (to make something flat)
- kinyúlik verb (to become flat)
Ido
1 entries- presegar verb (to make something flat)
Ingrian
1 entries- lutistaa verb (to make something flat)
Italian
3 entries- appiattire verb (to make something flat)
- appiattirsi verb (to become flat)
- atterrare verb (to knock down or lay low)
Japanese
1 entries- 統合する verb (computer graphics: to combine into a single image)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- planěrowaś verb (to make something flat)
Māori
4 entries- papatau verb (to make something flat)
- takapapa verb (to make something flat)
- tāmoe verb (to make something flat)
- tāmoe verb (to make something flat)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دوزلهمك verb (to make something flat)
- یاصمق verb (to make something flat)
Polish
4 entries- kłaść verb (to knock down or lay low)
- położyć verb (to knock down or lay low)
- równać verb (to make something flat)
- spłaszczyć verb (to make something flat)
Portuguese
3 entries- achatar verb (to make something flat)
- derrubar verb (to knock down or lay low)
- espalmar verb (to make something flat)
Romanian
4 entries- aplatiza verb (to make something flat)
- netezi verb (to make something flat)
- nivela verb (to make something flat)
- turti verb (to make something flat)
Russian
4 entries- плю́щить verb (to make something flat)
- разгла́дить verb (to make something flat)
- разгла́живать verb (to make something flat)
- разма́зать verb (to knock down or lay low)
Spanish
4 entries- achatar verb (to make something flat)
- achatarse verb (to become flat)
- allanar verb (to make something flat)
- aplanar verb (to make something flat)
Swedish
1 entries- platta till verb (to make something flat)
Turkish
1 entries- yasmak verb (to make something flat)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Jupiter's rapid rotation causes the planet to flatten at the poles and bulge at the equator.
Source: tatoeba (3955694)
“I don’t believe that we are going to be able to flatten the curve enough to meet the capacity of the health care system,” Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters in the state capital, Albany.
Source: tatoeba (8616888)
We need to flatten the curve.
Source: tatoeba (8616890)
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