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| Main Entry: | trample |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk forcibly over |
| Synonyms: | bruise, crush, encroach, flatten, grind, hurt, infringe, injure, override, overwhelm, pound, squash, stamp, stomp, tramp, tread, violate, ride roughshod over, run over, step on, tromp |
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
| Synonyms: | abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out |
| Antonyms: | break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure; cause evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, discommode, get, hurt, impair, inconvenience, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing*, dilapidate, disserve, do violence to, dump on, ill-treat, incommode, louse up, muck up*, scathe, traumatize |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, hit, hurt, knock about*, lacerate, lash, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste*, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, rough up, skin, thrash, trample, wax, whip, break face, handle roughly, ill-treat, knock around, lean on, let have it, put in the hospital, take care of, work over |
| Antonyms: | guard, maintain, protect, take care |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burden, crush, dishearten, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound*, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, ride, rule, sadden, saddle*, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, vex, worry, wrong, beat down*, despotize, dispirit, keep down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, tyrranize, weigh heavy upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | override/overrule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel, reverse a decision |
| Synonyms: | alter, annul, bend to one's will, control, countermand, direct, disallow, disregard, dominate, govern, ignore, influence, invalidate, make null and void, make void, not heed, nullify, outvote, outweigh, overturn, prevail over, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, ride roughshod, rule against, set aside, supersede, sway, take no account of, thwart, trample, upset, vanquish, veto |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit, support |
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, stamp out, strip, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest, lay waste, leave in ruins, spoliate, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plod |
| Synonyms: | bear down*, buckle down*, drag, drudge, flounder, grind, labor, lumber*, plug, schlepp*, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge, plough through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, smash, squeeze, squish, suppress, trample, triturate, sit on, stamp on |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
| Antonyms: | fan, open, uncompress |
| Main Entry: | squish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squash |
| Synonyms: | crush, flatten, jam, mash, pound, press, scrunch, smash, squeeze, trample, sit on, stamp on |
| Main Entry: | subdue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; moderate |
| Synonyms: | bear down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, vanquish, beat down, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, quieten, triumph over |
| Antonyms: | arouse, incite, release, rouse, start |
| Main Entry: | suppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, hold in check |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, bottle, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, interrupt, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, silence, smother, snuff out*, spike, squash*, stamp out*, stifle, stop, subdue, trample, withhold, beat down, bring to naught, burke, cover up, crack down on, hold down, hold in, keep in, keep secret, put an end to, put kibosh on, put lid on, shush, sit on* |
| Antonyms: | encourage, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | crush, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, trudge, footslog, stodge, tromp, walk over |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | tread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk; bear down |
| Synonyms: | crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, step, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge, ambulate, stamp on, step on |
| Main Entry: | vanquish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat soundly |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat, conquer, crush, humble, overcome, overpower, overturn, overwhelm, put down, quell, reduce, repress, rout, subdue, subjugate, subvert, surmount, trample, triumph over |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
| Synonyms: | beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle, comminute, contriturate, contuse, kablooey |
| Antonyms: | release, let go, uncompress, unwrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, halt, hinder, impede, lick, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, rout, route, sack, scatter, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out, finish off, mow down, prevail over, roll back, shipwreck, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out a fire |
| Synonyms: | choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample, blot out, blow out |
| Antonyms: | light |
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | clump*, drag, flounder, hike, lumber*, plug, schlepp*, slog*, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, trudge, wallow, tromp |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe, walk lightly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | step on hard |
| Synonyms: | beat, clump, crush, stomp, stump, tramp, trample, clomp, tromp |
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