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Meaning of STEAMROLLER

Pronunciation:  'steem`rowlur

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  1. [n]  vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
  2. [n]  a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
  3. [v]  overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"
  4. [v]  crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
  5. [v]  proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"
  6. [v]  bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
 
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 Synonyms: juggernaut, road roller, steamroll, steamroll
 
 See Also: coerce, crush, force, force, go, hale, mash, move, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, power, pressure, proceed, squash, squeeze, squelch, vehicle

 

 

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