flatten

Used with why or when

• when: Fixed bug where nested list values would be flattened when write is called.

Object

• cardboard: To help things along place black plastic, fleece or flattened cardboard on the soil in the spring to warm the soil up.
• corn: Five circles appeared overnight at the weekend, four smaller rings of flattened corn equally spaced round a larger circle.
• hierarchy: This has resulted in a flattened hierarchy of only six levels from front line Support Worker to Managing Director.
• nose: Faces have large almond eyes, flattened noses and figure of eight mouths.
• tail: Was that a horizontally flattened tail or just a trick of the light?
• curve: Good posture helps you to use up energy stores more efficiently, burn excess fat and flatten sloppy curves.

Subject

• earthquake: Kefalonia's capital, Argostoli was almost totally flattened by the great earthquake of 1953 and little remains of its former grandeur.

Modifying Another Word

• heroically: SchNEWS 473, 12th November, 2004 HOLY WAR, BATMAN US forces heroically flatten Fallujah, killing hundreds of civillians.
• slightly: The bullet is almost intact, only slightly flattened, with a little cone of lead missing from the rear end.
• gently: Shape the bread into a round shape and flatten gently.
• somewhat: Skull somewhat flattened between ears, with some width allowed in powerful male heads.
• totally: Georgian and Victorian London was devastated in WWII - huge swathes of the center and the East End were totally flattened.
• completely: Luckily, they only managed to completely flatten the south end of the City.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• off: Will prices now fall, or simply flatten off?

Followed by a transitive particle

• off: Be careful when sanding the wing joints not to destroy the ribbing or flatten off the upper hull radius near the lower wings.

Preposition: at

• pole: Scientists tell us that the actual shape of the earth is nearly a perfect ball very minor flattening at the poles.

Preposition: of

• hierarchy: Many ( former ) middle managers now have time to contemplate the flattening of organizational hierarchies.
• curve: Despite the inevitable flattening of improvement curves, records will continue to be set -- the financial rewards involved will make sure of that!

Preposition: by

• earthquake: Kefalonia's capital, Argostoli was almost totally flattened by the great earthquake of 1953 and little remains of its former grandeur.