steamroller
noun
1. a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Similar word(s): juggernaut
Definition categories: person, force, power
2. vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
Definition categories: man–made, vehicle
verb
1. bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
- The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
Similar word(s): steamroll
Definition categories: social, coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
2. proceed with great force
- The new teacher tends to steamroller
Similar word(s): steamroll
Definition categories: social, go, move, proceed
3. crush with a steamroller as if to level
- steamroller the road
Definition categories: contact, crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
4. overwhelm by using great force
- steamroller the opposition
Similar word(s): steamroll
Definition categories: competition, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm
5. make level or flat with a steamroller
- steamroll the roads
Similar word(s): steamroll