Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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steamroller | Yes | No | Yes | No |
proceed | No | No | Yes | No |
steamroller (noun) | proceed (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 |
steamroller (verb) | proceed (verb) |
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make level or flat with a steamroller | follow a certain course |
overwhelm by using great force | continue talking |
crush with a steamroller as if to level | move ahead; travel onward in time or space |
proceed with great force | follow a procedure or take a course |
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | continue a certain state, condition, or activity |