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1. Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
   "The Senator steamrolled the bill to defeat";
   - steamroller
    
2. Proceed with great force
   "The new teacher tends to steamroll";
   - steamroller
    
3. Overwhelm by using great force
   "steamroll the opposition";
   - steamroller
    
4. Make level or flat with a steamroller
   "steamroll the roads";
   - steamroller

Derived forms: steamrolls, steamrolled, steamrolling

Type of: coerce, flatten, force, go, hale [archaic], move, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, pancake, pressure, proceed, squeeze

Encyclopedia: Steamroll