steamrollernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstiːmˌrəʊ.lər/us/ˈstiːmˌroʊ.lɚ/steamroller noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
a vehicle that moves forward on a large, heavy wheel in order to make a road surface flat
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Trucks, vans & caravans
- armored car
- armoured car
- bakkie
- bowser
- bulldozer
- caravan
- Dormobile
- dustcart
- flatbed
- float
- heavy goods vehicle
- horse trailer
- JCB
- juggernaut
- lorry
- milk truck
- pantechnicon
- snowplough
- tender
- traction engine
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steamroller noun [ C ] (FORCE)
informal a person who forces other people to agree with them and prevents any opposition
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- behest
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- dun
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
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steamrollerverb [ T ]
uk/ˈstiːmˌrəʊ.lər/us/ˈstiːmˌroʊ.lɚ/informalto use great force either to make someone do something or on something to make it happen or be successful:
He steamrollered the plan through the committee.
I hate being steamrollered into doing something I don't want to.
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Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- push
- railroad
- reduce sb to sth
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
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