trampling

(noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping. Synonyms: trample. Example: "He heard the trample of many feet."

(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly. Synonyms: tread, trample. Example: "The soldiers trampled across the fields."

(verb) injure by trampling or as if by trampling. Synonyms: trample. Example: "The passerby was trampled by an elephant."

(verb) walk on and flatten. Synonyms: tramp down, trample, tread down. Examples: "Tramp down the grass." "Trample the flowers."