steamroller
IPA: stˈimroʊɫɝ
noun
- (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
- (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.
- (figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force.
- (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.
verb
- To level a road using a steamroller.
- To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.
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Examples of "steamroller" in Sentences
- The steamroller comes in predictably.
- So the effect is that of a steamroller.
- Behaving like a steamroller is not one of them.
- No, you can't steamroller it out of the article.
- In the scene with the steamroller 10 Ys are used.
- But the steamroller you describe is puny to the Xtreme.
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