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   flatten

   /ˈflatn/

   verb

   • 1. make or become flat or flatter: "her hair had been flattened by the storm" Similar make/become flatmake/become evenmake/become smoothsmooth (out/off)level (out/off)even outironsteamrollercompresspress downcrushsquashcompacttrampletreadtrampwearOpposite roughenmake uneven
   • ▪ press (oneself or one's body) against a surface: "Guy flattened himself against the wall"
   • 2. raze (a building or settlement) to the ground: "the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb" Similar demolishrazeraze to the groundleveltear downknock downdestroywipe outtopplewreckreduce to ruinsdevastateannihilatepulverizeobliterateravagesmashwipe off the face of the earthwipe off the mapinformal:totalrare:unbuild
   • ▪ strike (someone) so as to make them fall down: informal "Flynn flattened him with a single punch" Similar knock downknock overknock to the groundknock off one's feetfellrugby-tackletoppleprostrateinformal:lay outfloordeckknock for sixknock into the middle of next week
   • ▪ defeat heavily in a contest: informal "they flattened Bridgend by forty-two points to fifteen"
   • ▪ humiliate or depress (someone): informal "the controversy has flattened everybody here" Similar humiliatecrushquashsquashdeflatesubduehumblecowchastenbring down/lowtake down a peg or twomortifyinformal:put downfloorcut down to sizeput someone in their placesettle someone's hashown
   • 3. lower (a note) in pitch by a semitone.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flattener noun

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