flattened

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When something is flattened, it becomes flat and less thick.

You might hear about things being flattened when they get squished or crushed. This can happen to objects like cars after an accident, or even to buildings during a strong earthquake. Sometimes people intentionally flatten things, like cardboard boxes for recycling, to make them easier to store or transport. If you try to squeeze a bunch of clothes into a small suitcase, you might end up with a flattened sweater that's no longer its original shape.

How common is "flattened"?

Word flattened is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To make something flat or flatter.
Example: As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
To knock down or lay low.
Example: The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.
To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
Example: Prices have flattened out.
To be knocked down or laid low.
To lower by a semitone.
To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

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adjective

Made flat by something.
Example: We removed the fallen tree from the flattened car.

Real examples of "flattened" in context

Leonardo DiCaprio on 'Wolf of Wall Street,' Jonah Hill, Shark Survival Story

Interview

And I flattened down at the bottom.

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