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Definition of Steamroller

1. Verb. Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure. "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

2. Noun. A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way.

3. Verb. Proceed with great force. "The new teacher tends to steamroller"

4. Noun. Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements.

5. Verb. Crush with a steamroller as if to level. "Steamroller the road"

6. Verb. Overwhelm by using great force. "Sam cannot steamroller Sue "; "Steamroller the opposition"

7. Verb. Make level or flat with a steamroller. "Steamroll the roads"

Definition of Steamroller

1. Noun. a steam-powered heavy road roller ¹

2. Noun. (informal) Any heavy road roller ¹

3. Noun. (context: by extension) any seemingly irresistible force ¹

4. Noun. a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam) ¹

5. Verb. to level a road using a steamroller ¹

6. Verb. to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steamroller

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steamroller

steaminess steaminesses steaming steamingly steamings steamless steamlike steamliner steamliners steampipe

steampipes steampunk steampunks steamroll steamrolled steamroller (current term) steamrollered steamrollering steamrollers steamrolling

steamrolls steams steamship steamship company steamship line steamships stean steane steaned

Literary usage of Steamroller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"Now suppose a bullock pulling a steamroller flattens stones on the road awhile, ... Because it's dangerous to leave a steamroller sitting there on the road, ..."

2. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"Now suppose a bullock pulling a steamroller flattens stones on the road awhile, ... Because it's dangerous to leave a steamroller sitting there on the road, ..."

3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1898)
"... and for a steamroller £oa year, and there was also a provision for (a. ... It was contended for the appellants that the steamroller was being used to go ..."

4. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"One of them handled an ancient steamroller that became a kind of symbol of "Limey" ... Most of the time that steamroller would just sit there in the rain. ..."

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