the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with the foot > trampling or trampled (7)
Beaten down or crushed by trampling; also figurative down-trodden, oppressed.
That has been walked, stepped, or trampled upon (also figurative): see senses of tread, v. Also in combinations, as downtrodden, adj.
That tramples, in various senses of the verb.
Bruised or worn; trodden under foot.
That has been physically trodden down; trampled underfoot.