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All flatten synonyms

flat·ten
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verb flatten

  • crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
  • raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
  • straighten — make straight
  • smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
  • squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
  • plane — plane tree.
  • trample — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
  • fell — simple past tense of fall.
  • lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
  • deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
  • abrade — To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
  • prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
  • ground — the act of grinding.
  • depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
  • subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
  • floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
  • plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
  • iron out — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
  • knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
  • mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  • level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • roll out — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
  • knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • poleax — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
  • ko — a knockout in boxing.
  • deck — A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
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