STEAMROLLER

steamroller, road roller

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

juggernaut, steamroller

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

steamroll, steamroller

(verb) make level or flat with a steamroller; “steamroll the roads”

steamroller, steamroll

(verb) overwhelm by using great force; “steamroller the opposition”

steamroller

(verb) crush with a steamroller as if to level; “steamroller the road”

steamroller, steamroll

(verb) proceed with great force; “The new teacher tends to steamroller”

steamroller, steamroll

(verb) bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; “The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

steamroller (plural steamrollers)

a steam-powered heavy road roller

(informal) Any heavy road roller

(by extension) any seemingly irresistible force

a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam)

Verb

steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)

to level a road using a steamroller

to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower

Synonyms

• to steamroll

Anagrams

• Martorelles

Source: Wiktionary

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