Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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steamroller | Yes | No | Yes | No |
crush | Yes | No | Yes | No |
steamroller (noun) | crush (noun) |
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vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements | the act of crushing |
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way | temporary love of an adolescent |
a dense crowd of people | |
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |
steamroller (verb) | crush (verb) |
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make level or flat with a steamroller | break into small pieces |
overwhelm by using great force | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure |
crush with a steamroller as if to level | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
proceed with great force | make ineffective |
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
crush or bruise | |
humiliate or depress completely | |
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |