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steamroller

/ steamroller /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
Type of:
vehicle
Derived:
steamroll
verb Sense 2
overwhelm by using great force
"steamroller the opposition"
Type of:
overpower overmaster overwhelm
Derived:
juggernaut
Verb group:
steamroll
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
crush with a steamroller as if to level
"steamroller the road"
Type of:
squash crush squelch
Derived:
road roller
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
proceed with great force
"The new teacher tends to steamroller"
Type of:
go proceed move
Derived:
juggernaut
Verb group:
steamroll
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
"The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
Type of:
coerce hale squeeze
Derived:
juggernaut
Verb group:
steamroll
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 6
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Type of:
power force
Derived:
steamroll
verb Sense 7
make level or flat with a steamroller
"steamroll the roads"
Type of:
flatten
Derived:
road roller
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
76%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
1
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vehicle overpower overmaster overwhelm squash crush squelch go proceed move coerce hale