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    steamroller
    /ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə/

    noun

    • 1. a heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction: "after each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it"

    verb

    • 1. (of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition: "the government's trying to steamroller a law through"

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  2. Steamroller can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it means a vehicle that flattens a road surface or a powerful force that defeats opposition. As a verb, it means to use great force to achieve something or to defeat someone.

  3. Learn the noun and verb meanings of steamroller, a word that can refer to a steam-driven road roller or a crushing force. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

  4. to use great force either to make someone do something or on something to make it happen or be successful: He steamrollered the plan through the committee.

  5. A steamroller is a large, heavy vehicle with wide, solid metal wheels, which is used to make the surface of a road flat. It can also mean an overpowering force or a person with such force that overcomes all opposition.

  6. A steamroller is a vehicle with a heavy roller for smoothing road surfaces, or a ruthless or irresistible force or power. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, synonyms, translations and idioms.

  7. A steamroller is a heavy vehicle with a roller for crushing or leveling materials, or an overpowering force that crushes opposition. Learn more about the origin, usage and synonyms of this word from Dictionary.com.

  8. Used figuratively, steamroller means something or someone that moves forward relentlessly, without regard for anyone who happens to be in the way. Definitions of steamroller. noun. vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements. synonyms: road roller. see more. noun.