to steamroller
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈstiːmˌroʊlər/
- Informal
:
imponer
- I now believe you are right to be campaigning against a planning system that is grossly undemocratic and unfair, and against the way in which it is being used to steamroller this project past public objections.
So is this like ACEO being steamrolled by his employees essentially?
- So is this like ACEO being steamrolled by his employees essentially?
- Israel should have steamrolled Gaza in a month too.
- You just, you always do what you want to do and tend to steamroll the person that you're with in the process.
- Well, unsurprisingly that has steamrolled ahead.
- Thank you for not like steamrolling me, You know, rather you're telling me, hey, like, this is what sin is.
- You don't want the ambition to just steamroll over that human connection, which is so important for all of us in our lives, right?
- So again, empathy and tribalism will never, I don't think one will ever just steamroll over the other one, but they can coexist more than I think they do right now.
- And then you just sit and watch that narcissist continue to steamroll through people's lives and projects and work.
- Like he's just so I mean, he's a really good example or a very interesting one because it seems like him and his brother can just steamroll through issues.
- I've been completely steamrolled and that you're like, what is there it you?
Examples
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If we don’t unite, the larger corporation will steamroller our smaller business.
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And they're gonna steamroller us unless all our firms go together.
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Passive resistance is easily steamrollered.
Academic text (2001) -
You just, you always do what you want to do and tend to steamroll the person that you're with in the process.
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Net movement: zero—but if either campaign had slackened off, the other would have steamrollered to victory.
Blog text (9) -
The committee decided to steamroller the proposal despite objections from the public.
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During the meeting, she steamrolled any dissenting opinions with her powerful arguments.
Synonyms
42
4.0
Defeat someone or something completely using greater force
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3.8
To use more strength to defeat and control a person or thing
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7.0
To force someone to do something quickly and unfairly
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6.5
Push a plan or idea through by ignoring other people's views
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7.7
To get through something easily by pushing past people who are against you
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9.1
To defeat and control someone or something completely
Antonyms
Compounds
How Forceful
- Informal
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7.4
20
7.0
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4.2
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4.2
472
2.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Steamroller comes from the idea of the heavy machine that forces its way and flattens obstacles, so to steamroller someone or something is to push it through by force and ignore objections. That's why the verb means to overwhelm or forcefully overcome opposition.