steamroller
11steamroller — I. noun Date: 1863 1. a steam driven road roller; broadly road roller 2. a crushing force especially when ruthlessly applied to overcome opposition II. verb or steamroll Date: 1879 transitive verb …
12steamroller — 1. noun a) a steam powered heavy road roller b) Any heavy road roller 2. verb a) to level a road using a steamroller …
13steamroller — steam|roll|er1 [ˈsti:mˌrəulə US ˌroulər] n 1.) a heavy vehicle with very wide wheels that is driven over road surfaces to make them flat 2.) someone who uses their power and influence to make sure that something happens the way they want it to… …
14steamroller — steam|rol|ler1 [ stim,roulər ] noun count 1. ) a heavy vehicle with very large wide wheels that is used for making a road flat and smooth 2. ) INFORMAL someone or something that defeats or destroys their opponents completely steamroller… …
15steamroller — n. large vehicle used to smooth and flatten road surfaces v. flatten and smooth with a steamroller; crush, suppress …
16steamroller — [ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə] noun [C] I a heavy vehicle that is used for making a road flat II verb [T] informal steamroller [ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə]; steamroll [ˈstiːmˌrəʊl] informal 1) to defeat or destroy an opponent completely 2) to make sure that something happens… …
17Steamroller Blues — often labelled just Steamroller , is a song written by James Taylor, that first appeared on his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James . The song title comes from the first line: I m a steamroller baby, bout to roll all over you... . A satire …
18Steamroller Productions — is a Los Angeles based production company started by Steven Seagal in 1990, and was involved in Seagal s early work. The company changed its name in 2001 to Luminocity Productions for the films Out For A Kill and Belly of the Beast.Filmography*… …
19steamroller — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
20steamroller — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. steamroll*, overpower, railroad through*; see defeat 1 , force 1 , trick . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, thrash,… …
