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steam⋅roll⋅er

  [steem-roh-ler]
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–noun
1. a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
2. (not in technical use) any similar vehicle with a roller.
3. an overpowering force, esp. one that crushes all opposition with ruthless disregard for individual rights.
–verb (used with object)
4. to crush or flatten with a steamroller.
5. to overcome with superior force: to steamroller the competition.
6. to bring about the adoption of by overwhelming pressure: to steamroller the resolution through.
–verb (used without object)
7. to proceed with implacable force.
–adjective
8. suggestive of a steamroller; ruthlessly overpowering: steamroller tactics.
Origin:
1865–70; steam + roller 1
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steam·roll·er   (stēm'rō'lər)   
n.  

    1. A steam-driven machine equipped with a heavy roller for smoothing road surfaces.

    2. A similar machine with an internal-combustion engine.

  2. A ruthless or irresistible force or power.

v.   also steam·roll (-rōl') steam·roll·ered also steam·rolled, steam·roll·er·ing also steam·roll·ing, steam·roll·ers also steam·rolls

v.   tr.

  1. To smooth or level (a road) with a steamroller.

  2. To overwhelm or suppress ruthlessly; crush.

v.   intr.
To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
steamroller

  1. tv.
    to force something to be approved; to force something to happen. : He plans to steamroller this bill through Congress, but it just won't work.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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