
Meaning of STEAMROLLER
Pronunciation: | | 'steem`rowlur
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- [n] vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
- [n] a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
- [v] overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"
- [v] crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
- [v] proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"
- [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 |
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| See Also: | | coerce, crush, force, force, go, hale, mash, move, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, power, pressure, proceed, squash, squeeze, squelch, vehicle | |
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