Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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steamroller | Yes | No | Yes | No |
road roller | Yes | No | No | No |
steamroller (noun) | road roller (noun) |
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vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements | 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) | road roller (verb) |
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make level or flat with a steamroller | |
overwhelm by using great force | |
crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
proceed with great force | |
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure |