steamroller
/ˈstimroʊlər/
noun
- A heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a large roller, used to flatten road surfaces.
- A steamroller rumbled down the street, flattening the gravel for the new road.
- The old steamroller sat in the museum, a relic of early road-building.
- The construction crew used a steamroller to smooth the new asphalt.
- A person or force that overpowers all opposition.
- The political party was a steamroller, winning every seat in the election.
- The company acted like a steamroller, crushing all small businesses in its path.
- Her determination was a steamroller that nothing could stop.
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verb
- Same as 'steamroll' — to force or defeat overwhelmingly.
- She steamrollered her way to the top of the organization.
- They steamrollered the opposition with a massive advertising campaign.
- The senator tried to steamroller the bill through Congress.