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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flat·ten /ˈflætn/ ●○○ verb 1 (also flatten out) [intransitive, transitive]FLAT to make something flat or flatter, or to become flat or flatter （使）变平 Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough. 用擀面杖把面团擀平。 The land flattened out as we neared the coast. 我们接近海岸时，地势变平坦了。2 [transitive]DESTROY to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc 把…夷为平地；炸平 SYN level Hundreds of homes were flattened by the tornado. 数百户住宅被龙卷风夷为平地。► see thesaurus at destroy3 flatten yourself against something PRESSto press your body against something 把身体紧贴在某物上 I flattened myself against the wall. 我全身紧贴在墙上。4 [transitive] informalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone completely and easily in a game, argument etc 〔在比赛、争论中轻易彻底地〕击败，击倒，驳倒 We flattened them 6–0. 我们以6比0彻底击败了他们。5. [transitive] informalHIT to hit someone very hard 猛打，狠揍〔某人〕→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
flatten• Nearly every building within twenty-five kilometers of ground zero is flattened.• More than 10,000 houses were flattened by the quake.• I am now about as tall as a flattened cricket.• Place the balls of cookie dough on a baking sheet, and flatten each one with your hand.• She said that the crash-helmet would flatten her hair-do.• Her little car was completely flattened in the accident.• Roll the dough into a ball and then flatten it with a rolling pin.• Lara more or less flattens it.• He fell against me so heavily I thought he was going to flatten me.• Sleep had flattened one side of her Afro and a curl had broken free above her forehead.• The hills flatten out near the coast.• Flatten the cardboard boxes and stack them in the corner.• The wind and rain had flattened the crops.• The Packers flattened the Saints 42-6.• Shut up or I'll flatten you!flat·ten verbChineseSyllable
to something to or flatter, or Corpus flat make
flatten
flat‧ten /ˈflætn/
verb1. (also flatten out) [intransitive and transitive] to make something flat or flatter, or to become flat or flatter:
Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough.
The land flattened out as we neared the coast.
2. [transitive] to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc
SYN level:
Hundreds of homes were flattened by the tornado.
3. flatten yourself against something to press your body against something:
I flattened myself against the wall.
4. [transitive] informal to defeat someone completely and easily in a game, argument etc:
We flattened them 6–0.
5. [transitive] informal to hit someone very hard
▪ destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired: The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city. | The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.
▪devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it: Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city. | The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.
▪demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times. | The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.
▪flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing: The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.
▪wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building: The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. | They just wrecked the place.
▪trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc: Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.
▪obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains: The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.
▪reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely: The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.
▪ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed: Fungus may ruin the crop. | The new houses will ruin the view.
flat‧ten /ˈflætn/
verb1. (also flatten out) [intransitive and transitive] to make something flat or flatter, or to become flat or flatter: 2. [transitive] to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc
SYN level:
3. flatten yourself against something to press your body against something:
4. [transitive] informal to defeat someone completely and easily in a game, argument etc:
5. [transitive] informal to hit someone very hard
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