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Steamroller

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Noun

1. juggernaut, steamroller

a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

2. road roller, steamroller

vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements

Verb

3. steamroll, steamroller

bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure

Example Sentences:
'The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat'

4. steamroll, steamroller

proceed with great force

Example Sentences:
'The new teacher tends to steamroller'

5. steamroller

crush with a steamroller as if to level

Example Sentences:
'steamroller the road'

6. steamroll, steamroller

overwhelm by using great force

Example Sentences:
'steamroller the opposition'

7. steamroll, steamroller

make level or flat with a steamroller

Example Sentences:
'steamroll the roads'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Steamroller

see synonyms of steamroller
noun
1. 
a. 
a steam-powered vehicle with heavy rollers at the front and rear used for compressing road surfaces during road-making
b.  another word for roadroller
2. 
a. 
an overpowering force or a person with such force that overcomes all opposition
b. 
(as modifier)
steamroller tactics
verb also: steamroll
3. (transitive)
to crush (opposition, etc) by overpowering force

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Steamroller

see synonyms of steamroller
noun
1. 
a heavy, originally steam-driven, machine with rollers, used in building and repairing roads
2. 
an overwhelming power or influence, esp. when used relentlessly to force acceptance of a policy, override opposition, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
to bring overwhelming force to bear upon; crush or override as if with a steamroller
4. 
to cause the passage or defeat of (a legislative bill, etc.), or make (one's way, etc.), by crushing opposition or overriding obstacles
verb intransitive
5. 
to move with overwhelming force, or use steamroller tactics
adjective
6. 
relentlessly overpowering

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Steamroller

see synonyms of steamroller
n.
1.
a. A steam-driven machine equipped with a heavy roller for smoothing road surfaces.
b. A similar machine with an internal-combustion engine.
2. A ruthless or irresistible force or power.
v. also steam·roll (-rōl′) steam·roll·ered, steam·roll·er·ing, steam·roll·ers also steam·rolled or steam·roll·ing or steam·rolls
v.tr.
1. To smooth or level (a road) with a steamroller.
2. To overwhelm or suppress ruthlessly; crush.
v.intr.
To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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