steamroller
Noun
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A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way (synset 110246226)
same as: juggernaut
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Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements (synset 104317295)
is a type of: vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objectssame as: road roller
Verb
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Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure (synset 202511456)
"The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"is a type of: coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual meanssame as: steamrollverb group:
- steamroll, steamroller - overwhelm by using great force
- steamroll, steamroller - proceed with great force
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Proceed with great force (synset 202378669)
"The new teacher tends to steamroller"same as: steamrollverb group: steamroll, steamroller - bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
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Crush with a steamroller as if to level (synset 201597435)
"steamroller the road"
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Overwhelm by using great force (synset 201113072)
"steamroller the opposition"same as: steamrollverb group: steamroll, steamroller - bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
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Make level or flat with a steamroller (synset 200464919)
"steamroll the roads"is a type of: flatten - make flat or flattersame as: steamroll
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