late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp (v.) + -el (3). Transitive sense "beat down by continuously treading on" is from mid-15c. Related: Trampled; trampling. As a noun from c. 1600.
The soldiers trampled across the fields
The passerby was trampled by an elephant
trample the flowers
he heard the trample of many feet
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