Verb: steamroll 'steem,rówl
- Make level or flat with a steamroller
"steamroll the roads";
- steamroller
- Overwhelm by using great force
"steamroll the opposition";
- steamroller
- Proceed with great force
"The new teacher tends to steamroll";
- steamroller
- Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
"The Senator steamrolled the bill to defeat";
- steamroller
Derived forms: steamrolling, steamrolled, steamrolls
Type of: coerce, flatten, force, go, hale [archaic], move, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, pancake, pressure, proceed, squeeze
Encyclopedia: Steamroll