Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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overwhelm | No | No | Yes | No |
steamroller | Yes | No | Yes | No |
overwhelm (noun) | steamroller (noun) |
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vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements | |
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way |
overwhelm (verb) | steamroller (verb) |
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charge someone with too many tasks | make level or flat with a steamroller |
overcome by superior force | overwhelm by using great force |
cover completely or make imperceptible | crush with a steamroller as if to level |
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | proceed with great force |
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure |