1
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 dehydration caused low fluid intake and output, flattened fontanelles (a baby’s skull soft spot), and a rapid drop in blood pressure that caused unconsciousness.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The flat iron is two inches wide and features a floating plate, so every inch of your hair is flattened and silky.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Blackburn eliminated the vertical break, flattening it out to break on a horizontal plane.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
However, this once-secure role is disappearing as companies restructure their operations by flattening hierarchies.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The flat iron is two inches wide and features a floating plate, so every inch of your hair is flattened and silky.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Blackburn eliminated the vertical break, flattening it out to break on a horizontal plane.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
However, this once-secure role is disappearing as companies restructure their operations by flattening hierarchies.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatten
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Lucy asked, pressing her free thumb between her sister’s brows to smooth the skin there.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The calming mix of colloidal oatmeal, beta-glucan (a skin repairing molecule that smooths rough skin), and glycerin is extremely gentle and more than suitable for sensitive skin, too.—
Mary Honkus,
Glamour,
15 Mar. 2025
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Once a week or so, one of them takes a short helicopter ride to the northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano – necessary because in 2022 an eruption buried more than a mile of the road in 30 feet of lava.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The plethora of pixels can’t overcome a noise-prone sensor, though, and its picture tends to be soft.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
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Professionals can take control of their careers by overcoming these challenges and embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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There’s always the chance that one of the scads of backups on the team overtakes Aguilar after spring practice and fall training camp, but don’t count on it based on the fact that no one else on the roster has thrown a pass at the college level.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were only a few innings into the regular season and a freak injury on opening day already threw a wrench into the team’s lineup.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The moment was so precious that Reed whipped out her phone to take a quick video and later shared it on TikTok.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Blizzards expected in Northern Plains Forecasters warned that heavy snow whipped by powerful winds are likely to make travel treacherous in parts of the Rockies and Northern Plains.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Israel bombed Gaza in what was one of the deadliest single days since the war began.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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The movie bombed at the box office, grossing less than $40 million domestically.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The landing force annihilated, the battle is lost. Against overwhelming odds, Scott dares the unthinkable — cross behind enemy lines, survive the lethal landscape, evade capture by ruthless enemies, resist natural predators, face human deserters and finish the mission singlehandedly.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The artist and rapper has been annihilating each show she’s been attending and her lineup is stacked.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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It’s smothered with American cheese and served with lettuce, tomato and griddled onion on a hoagie roll.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ohtani was only able to advance to second base as Happ smothered the ball and fired it into the infield quickly.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatten. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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