| road roller | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. road roller, steamroller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| steamroller | | |
| n. (person) | 1. juggernaut, steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. |
| ~ power, force | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority.; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" |
| v. (social) | 2. steamroll, steamroller | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | overwhelm by using great force.; "steamroller the opposition" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| ~ coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.; "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" |
| v. (social) | 3. steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| ~ go, proceed, move | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| v. (contact) | 4. steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level.; "steamroller the road" |
| ~ mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" |
| v. (competition) | 5. steamroll, steamroller | overwhelm by using great force.; "steamroller the opposition" |
| ~ overmaster, overpower, overwhelm | overcome by superior force. |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| v. (change) | 6. steamroll, steamroller | make level or flat with a steamroller.; "steamroll the roads" |
| ~ flatten | make flat or flatter.; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" |
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