'steamroller' definitions:
Definition of 'steamroller'
(from WordNet)
noun
A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way [syn: juggernaut, steamroller]
noun
Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements [syn: steamroller, road roller]
verb
Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" [syn: steamroller, steamroll]
verb
Proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" [syn: steamroller, steamroll]
verb
Crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
verb
Overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition" [syn: steamroller, steamroll]
verb
Make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads" [syn: steamroll, steamroller]
Synonyms of 'steamroller'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- align,
- beat,
- beat down,
- big battalions,
- blackjack,
- blank,
- blast,
- blow down,
- bludgeon,
- break down,
- bring down,
- brute force,
- bulldoze,
- bulldozer,
- bully,
- burn down,
- cast down,
- cheese grater,
- chop down,
- clobber,
- coerce,
- coercive,
- comminutor,
- cream,
- crusher,
- cut down,
- defeat utterly,
- dragoon,
- drub,
- equalize,
- even,
- fell,
- flatten,
- flush,
- force,
- forcible,
- grade,
- granulator,
- grater,
- grinder,
- hijack,
- intimidate,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- kominuter,
- lambaste,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- levigator,
- lick,
- main force,
- masher,
- mill,
- millstone,
- mortar and pestle,
- mow down,
- naked force,
- nutmeg grater,
- overbear,
- overwhelm,
- paste,
- pestle,
- physical force,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- pulverizer,
- quern,
- quernstone,
- rase,
- raze,
- rock crusher,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- roller,
- rule of might,
- schmear,
- shanghai,
- shellac,
- shredder,
- shut out,
- skunk,
- sledgehammer,
- smash,
- smear,
- smooth,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- snow under,
- steamroll,
- strong-arm,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw down,
- triturator,
- tyranny,
- ultima ratio,
- use violence,
- violent,
- wallop,
- whelm,
- whitewash,
- whomp,
- whop