Noun steamroller has 2 senses
  1. juggernaut, steamroller - a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
    --1 is a kind of power, force
    Derived forms: verb steamroller4, verb steamroller2, verb steamroller1, verb steamroll1, verb steamroll2, verb steamroll3
  2. steamroller, road roller - vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
    --2 is a kind of vehicle
    Derived forms: verb steamroller5, verb steamroller3
,Verb steamroller has 5 senses
  1. steamroller, steamroll - bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
    --1 is one way to coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
    Derived form: noun steamroller1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. steamroller, steamroll - proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"
    --2 is one way to go, proceed, move
    Derived form: noun steamroller1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
    --3 is one way to
    squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
    Derived form: noun steamroller2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. steamroller, steamroll - overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"
    --4 is one way to overpower, overmaster, overwhelm
    Derived form: noun steamroller1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot steamroller Sue
  5. steamroll, steamroller - make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads"
    --5 is one way to flatten
    Derived form: noun steamroller2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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