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as in to smooth
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps
flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern
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as in to bury
to defeat by a large margin
if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play
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Recent Examples of flatten
The set, by Jason Ardizzone-West, consists of a raked white floor of interlocking panels (like the cladding of the Death Star, flattened out with a rolling pin) and a curved surround of more panels, towering and blank, soldiers ready to receive the inevitable full blast of constant LED video.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
One of the more unfortunate things about discussing anything online this deep in the Internet Age is that everything gets flattened.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
The Sharks met as a group before practicing Sunday to help digest the trade, which came two days after the Sharks were flattened 6-2 by the Seattle Kraken to fall to 15-33-6 on the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Over 800-square-miles of forest was flattened by the resulting force, or over twice the area of New York City.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
One of the more unfortunate things about discussing anything online this deep in the Internet Age is that everything gets flattened.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
The Sharks met as a group before practicing Sunday to help digest the trade, which came two days after the Sharks were flattened 6-2 by the Seattle Kraken to fall to 15-33-6 on the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Over 800-square-miles of forest was flattened by the resulting force, or over twice the area of New York City.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatten
Verb
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The best eye primers for mature skin can smooth them out.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
27 Feb. 2025
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That’s the essential ingredient in this particular Broadway pie, baked as a blend of life’s ups and downs, smoothing then out into a slice of life that supports people living their dreams and learning to find their best selves.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Matte, the State Archives administrator, has spent his career buried in these aging paper documents.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2025
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Knowledge workers routinely report spending 2.5 hours daily searching for information buried in email threads and disorganized files.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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However, its lineup of new products may help to overcome that shortfall.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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To advance, Sporting must overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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On a 3-2 count, the Rangers’ Jack Leiter threw Lee a payoff slider down in the dirt.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The first three episodes, in fact, are at their most entertaining, and most promising, as all the lawyers maneuver to snag promotions, field counteroffers and throw dirt at opponents.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Eleven of his assists that season came from the right, and nine were whipped across in that fashion.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miller was struck in the temple, whipping his hat off his head.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To hear Trump tell it, Ukraine might as well be bombing its own cities and killing its own citizens.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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Biden briefly paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns that they would be used on an area where refugees were told to flee, only to resume military aid after Israel bombed the area.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The horrendous Pacific Palisades fire annihilated huge swaths of the surrounding community and burned some of the Getty Villa’s grounds.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fans of the 49ers will have to recognize that the Eagles just annihilated an opponent in the Chiefs that has been the bane of their existence since Shanahan arrived.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2025
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New Town dominated a clash of two of Baltimore County's top teams with a smothering defense that made life rough on Dulaney.—
James Peters,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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No surprise, in that context, that the Bell Centre crowd was ready to smother him in adoration.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatten. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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