Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb steamroll

4 senses of steamroll

Sense 1
steamroller, steamroll -- (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat")
       => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")

Sense 2
steamroller, steamroll -- (proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller")
       => go, proceed, move -- (follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels")

Sense 3
steamroller, steamroll -- (overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition")
       => overpower, overmaster, overwhelm -- (overcome by superior force)

Sense 4
steamroll, steamroller -- (make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads")
       => flatten -- (make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises")