Trampling
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To crush something by walking on it.
Trample
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the sound of heavy footsteps
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To crush and destroy something by walking on it.To treat someone harshly.To walk heavily and destructively.To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
Example sentence: The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely.