Meaning & use
flatten
To make something flat or level, or to knock something down completely.
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The workers used a heavy roller to flatten the newly laid asphalt road.
The powerful storm flattened several old trees along the quiet coastline.
A note on using this word
Can be literal, as in flattening dough, or figurative, as in 'flatten the curve,' meaning to slow a rate of increase.
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