Steamroller - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈstiːmrəʊlər|
Brit.
|ˈstiːmrəʊlə|
noun
- a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way (syn: juggernaut)
- vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
- vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
verb
- bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure (syn: steamroll)
The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
- proceed with great force (syn: steamroll)The new teacher tends to steamroller
- crush with a steamroller as if to levelsteamroller the road
- overwhelm by using great force (syn: steamroll)steamroller the opposition
- make level or flat with a steamroller (syn: steamroll)Extra examples
He steamrollered the bill through Parliament against fierce opposition.
The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
The new teacher tends to steamroller
...that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: steamroller
he/she/it: steamrollers
present participle: steamrollering
past tense: steamrollered
past participle: steamrollered
I/you/we/they: steamroller
he/she/it: steamrollers
present participle: steamrollering
past tense: steamrollered
past participle: steamrollered
noun
singular: steamroller
plural: steamrollers
singular: steamroller
plural: steamrollers
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