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steamroller

noun

Meaning

  1. A steam-powered heavy road roller
  2. Any heavy road roller
  3. (by extension) any seemingly irresistible force
  4. A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam)
  5. To level a road using a steamroller
  6. To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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