| VERB | social | steamroller, steamroll | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | steamroller, steamroll | proceed with great force | |
| contact | steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
| competition | steamroller, steamroll | overwhelm by using great force | |
| change | steamroller, steamroll | make level or flat with a steamroller | |
| NOUN | person | steamroller, juggernaut | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way |
| artifact | steamroller, road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
| Sounds | stiy'mrow.ler | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... | |
| Meaning | A massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | juggernaut | |
| Broader | power, force | One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
| Verbs | steamroller, steamroll | overwhelm by using great force |
| steamroller, steamroll | proceed with great force | |
| steamroller, steamroll | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | |
| Meaning | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | road roller | |
| Broader | vehicle | A conveyance that transports people or objects |
| Spanish | apisonadora, aplanadora | |
| Catalan | piconadora | |
| Verbs | steamroller | make level or flat with a steamroller |
| steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
| Meaning | Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" | |
| Synonym | steamroll | |
| Broader | coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll | overwhelm by using great force |
| steamroller, steamroll | proceed with great force | |
| Spanish | aplastar | |
| Nouns | steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way |
| Meaning | proceed with great force. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The new teacher tends to steamroller" | |
| Synonym | steamroll | |
| Broader | go, proceed, move | Follow a procedure or take a course |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll | Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure |
| Nouns | steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way |
| Meaning | crush with a steamroller as if to level. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "steamroller the road" | |
| Broader | squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
| Nouns | steamroller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
| Meaning | overwhelm by using great force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Sam cannot steamroller Sue | |
| Example | "steamroller the opposition" | |
| Synonym | steamroll | |
| Broader | overpower, overmaster, overwhelm | Overcome by superior force |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll | Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure |
| Spanish | aplastar, arrollar | |
| Catalan | aixafar, esclafar | |
| Nouns | steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush / crush everything in its way / way |
| Meaning | make level or flat with a steamroller. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | steamroll | |
| Broader | flatten | make flat or flatter |
| Spanish | arrollar | |
| Nouns | steamroller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
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