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to trample

verbliterário/ɐ.kaɫ.ˈkaɾ/rare

a·cal·car

Definition

To tread heavily so as to crush or injure; to oppress.
The invading army trampled the fields, destroying the crops.
We must not trample on the rights of the weakest.
Common collocations
to trample on

Etymology

Do latim 'calcare' (pisar, calcitar).

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