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| Shopping | The largest selection of STEAMROLLER products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: Scunci Steamer, beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | stiy'mrow.ler |
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| Rhymes | alveolar, ambler, angler, and 234 more rhymes in ler... |
| Meaning | A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. |
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| Synonyms | juggernaut |
| Broader | power, force |
| Verbs | steamroller, steamroll; steamroller, steamroll; steamroller, steamroll |
| Meaning | Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements. |
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| Synonyms | road roller |
| Broader | vehicle |
| Verbs | steamroller; steamroller |
| Meaning | Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| Synonyms | steamroll |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll; steamroller, steamroll |
| Broader | coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force |
| Nouns | steamroller |
| Meaning | Proceed with great force. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| Synonyms | steamroll |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll |
| Broader | go, proceed, move |
| Nouns | steamroller |
| Meaning | Crush with a steamroller as if to level. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "steamroller the road" |
| Broader | squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze |
| Nouns | steamroller |
| Meaning | Overwhelm by using great force. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Model | Sam cannot steamroller Sue |
| Examples | "steamroller the opposition" |
| Synonyms | steamroll |
| Similar to | steamroller, steamroll |
| Broader | overpower, overmaster, overwhelm |
| Nouns | steamroller |
| Meaning | Make level or flat with a steamroller. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | steamroll |
| Broader | flatten |
| Nouns | steamroller |
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