trample

To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.

To treat harshly or ruthlessly.

To tread heavily or destructively.

To inflict injury as if by treading heavily.

The action or sound of trampling.

A frequent heavy or rough tread; a trampling.

To beat or tread down by the tramping or stamping of feet, or by frequent treading; prostrate or crush by treading under foot; tread upon or tread down, literally or figuratively.

To tread with repeated force and shock; stamp; hence, to tramp roughshod; tread roughly or contemptuously.

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading.

Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.