Crossword clues for steamroller
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. 1 a steam-powered heavy road roller 2 (context informal English) Any heavy road roller 3 (context by extension English) 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) n. 1 a steam-powered heavy road roller 2 (context informal English) Any heavy road roller 3 (context by extension English) 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) vb. 1 to level a road using a steamroller 2 to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower
WordNet
n. a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way [syn: juggernaut]
vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements [syn: road roller]
v. bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" [syn: steamroll]
proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" [syn: steamroll]
crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"
overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition" [syn: steamroll]
make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads" [syn: steamroll]
Wikipedia
A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for levelling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine. The levelling/flattening action is achieved through a combination of the size and weight of the vehicle and the rolls: the smooth wheels and the large cylinder or drum fitted in place of treaded road wheels.
The majority of steam rollers are outwardly similar to traction engines as many traction engine manufacturers later produced rollers based on their existing designs, and the patents owned by certain roller manufacturers tended to influence the general arrangements used by others. The key difference between the two vehicles is that on a roller the main roll replaces the front wheels and axle that would be fitted to a traction engine.
In many parts of the world, the term steam roller is still used regardless of the method of propulsion. This typically only applies to the largest examples (used for road-making).
AMD Steamroller Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD for AMD APUs, which succeeded Piledriver in the beginning of 2014 as the third-generation Bulldozer-based microarchitecture. Steamroller APUs continue to use two-core modules as their predecessors, while aiming at achieving greater levels of parallelism.
Usage examples of "steamroller".
When she returned to real time, she found that every single robot she could find was in action reconstituting the towns, and the factories were busily pumping out more bulldozers, earthmovers, dump trucks, backhoes, frontloaders, steamrollers, framers, foundation diggers, welders, cement makers, plastic makers, roofers, everything.
It was a gesture at once awesome and faintly embarrassing, a final steamrollering of the old galut whisper, "What will the goyim say?
When they pulled out of Haleiwa, they’d left behind a couple of bulldozers and a steamroller.
Some hot interior designer had gone through the place like a steamroller, scattering Navaho rugs and Southwest furniture, hanging cow skulls over the fireplace, and painting fake saguaro cactus on the dining room walls.
A small thing like the abduction of Britain’s top racing executive was not, it seemed, going to dent the onward steamrollering of the week’s serious pleasures.
Sam was turning to the left, steamrollering through the green-capped swells.
They go from start to finish like steamrollers, pausing only to wipe the blood from their swords, and if the exploits are downright impossible, that's part of their undeniable charm.
A fleet of steamrollers couldn't have pushed her forward and into that noisy clutch of women now.
Praporovich was too careful, and too thorough, to steamroller his opinions, or dismiss them as the waverings of a weaker man.