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steamroller

noun
  1. vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
    road roller
  2. a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
    juggernaut
verb
  1. make level or flat with a steamroller
    steamroll
  2. overwhelm by using great force
    “steamroller the opposition”
    steamroll
  3. crush with a steamroller as if to level
    “steamroller the road”
  4. proceed with great force
    “The new teacher tends to steamroller”
    steamroll
  5. bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
    “The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat”
    steamroll