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steamroller
Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
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noun
Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
noun
A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
verb
Make level or flat with a steamroller
“Steamroll the roads”
verb
Overwhelm by using great force
“Steamroller the opposition”
verb
Crush with a steamroller as if to level
“Steamroller the road”
verb
Proceed with great force
“The new teacher tends to steamroller”
verb
Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
“The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat”
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Steamroll the roads
Steamroller the opposition
Steamroller the road
The new teacher tends to steamroller
The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
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