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steamroller   (TTS Sound)

The noun steamroller has 2 senses

• juggernaut, steamroller -- (a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way)


• steamroller, road roller -- (vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements)

The verb steamroller has 5 senses

• steamroller, steamroll -- (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat")


• steamroller, steamroll -- (proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller")


• steamroller -- (crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road")


• steamroller, steamroll -- (overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition")


• steamroll, steamroller -- (make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads")