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Synonyms for steamroller
ˈstimˌroʊ lərsteam·roller

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  1. steamrollerverb

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  2. steamrollerverb

    to level a road using a steamroller

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  3. steamrollerverb

    to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

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  1. juggernaut, steamrollernoun

    a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

    Synonyms:
    juggernaut, road roller

  2. steamroller, road rollerverb

    vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements

    Synonyms:
    juggernaut, road roller

  3. steamroller, steamrollverb

    bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure

    "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  4. steamroller, steamrollverb

    proceed with great force

    "The new teacher tends to steamroller"

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  5. steamrollerverb

    crush with a steamroller as if to level

    "steamroller the road"

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  6. steamroller, steamrollverb

    overwhelm by using great force

    "steamroller the opposition"

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

  7. steamroll, steamrollerverb

    make level or flat with a steamroller

    "steamroll the roads"

    Synonyms:
    steamroll

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  1. List of paraphrases for "steamroller":

    roller, bulldozer

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How to use steamroller in a sentence?

  1. Stewart Brand:

    Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

  2. Tony Blair:

    Far from being anti-democratic it would be the opposite, as indeed many senior figures in Theresa May party from past and present have been saying, what is irresponsible, however, is to try to steamroller MPs into accepting a deal they genuinely think is a bad one with the threat that if they do not fall into line, the government will have the country crash out without a deal.


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