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Meaning of steamroller

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

steamroller

noun

Definitions

  1. A steam-powered heavy road roller

  2. Any heavy road roller

  3. (by extension) any seemingly irresistible force

  4. A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam)

verb

Definitions

  1. To level a road using a steamroller

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