steamroller
an overpowering force, especially one that crushes all opposition with ruthless disregard for individual rights.
to crush or flatten with a steamroller.
to overcome with superior force: to steamroller the competition.
to bring about the adoption of by overwhelming pressure: to steamroller the resolution through.
to proceed with implacable force.
suggestive of a steamroller; ruthlessly overpowering: steamroller tactics.
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How to use steamroller in a sentence
I don’t know that people remember, not just our cultural role in it, but the roles of these systems of power, that the women were really crushed under like a steamroller.
The Donald Trump steamroller got run off the road last week, and getting back on track may not be easy.
His hard lines and angles project the arrogance of a confidence man, or as Arlyn Imberman puts it, “a steamroller.”
It was like getting a steamroller in motion to start Hickman.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy MathewsonWell, nobody can catch a sixty-horsepower motor-car with a ten-ton steamroller.
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British Dictionary definitions for steamroller
steam roller
/ (ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə) /
a steam-powered vehicle with heavy rollers at the front and rear used for compressing road surfaces during road-making
another word for roadroller
an overpowering force or a person with such force that overcomes all opposition
(as modifier): steamroller tactics
(tr) to crush (opposition, etc) by overpowering force
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