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Definition of steamroller

vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads"
overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"
crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

Similar Words: road roller, juggernaut, steamroll

Grouped Verbs: steamroll

Derivational Morphology: steamroll, road roller, juggernaut

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