calpestare — meaning in English

English meaning

• stomp verb To step down heavily and forcefully, often out of anger.
• trample verb To crush or damage something by walking heavily on it.
• tread verb To walk or step, especially in a particular manner.

Senses

calpestare is used for these senses in English:

• ride roughshod over (transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).
• trample (intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
• tread (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
• tread To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.

stomp — full definition

1. verb To step down heavily and forcefully, often out of anger.
2. verb To decisively defeat someone or something.
3. noun A heavy, deliberate footstep.

trample — full definition

1. verb To crush or damage something by walking heavily on it.
2. verb To treat someone or their rights harshly and without regard.

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