steamroller
verb
steam·roll·er
ˈstēm-ˌrō-lər 
variants
or steamroll
steamrollered or steamrolled; steamrollering or steamrolling; steamrollers or steamrolls
1
: to overwhelm usually by greatly superior force
steamroller the opposition
2
: to bring or advance by overwhelming force or pressure
steamrollered the bill through the legislature
: to move or proceed with irresistible force
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The national, state, and local design guidelines have been steamrollered – or perhaps shredded by the metaphorical bobsled hurtling down its track.
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John Deffenbaugh, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
In the four back-to-back title-winning campaigns that preceded this season’s collapse, rivals often complained about a feeling of inevitability that each year City would just click into gear at some point and steamroller the league.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The European pitch to Trump not to throw Ukraine under Putin’s nationalist drive to steamroller former Soviet states into submission is undoubtedly going to be heated.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 7 Nov. 2024
She’s been hip-checked, hammered, steamrollered and smothered.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
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John Deffenbaugh, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
In the four back-to-back title-winning campaigns that preceded this season’s collapse, rivals often complained about a feeling of inevitability that each year City would just click into gear at some point and steamroller the league.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The European pitch to Trump not to throw Ukraine under Putin’s nationalist drive to steamroller former Soviet states into submission is undoubtedly going to be heated.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 7 Nov. 2024
She’s been hip-checked, hammered, steamrollered and smothered.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
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“Steamroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamroller. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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