atropellar
/atɾopeˈʝaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to run over
🚗 a- + tropel (a stampeding mob): to trample over, like a stampede
Tropel is a disorderly crowd or stampede, and a herd that tramples whatever is in its way. A car can do the same thing (to run over), and so can a bully who rides roughshod over people. Related: tropa (troop).