Usually means: Flatten or crush with force.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word steamroll:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. steamroll: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. steamroll: Merriam-Webster
  3. steamroll: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. steamroll: Collins English Dictionary
  5. steamroll: Vocabulary.com
  6. steamroll: Wordnik
  7. steamroll: Wiktionary
  8. steamroll: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. steamroll: Dictionary.com
  10. steamroll: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Steamroll: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. steamroll: Rhymezone
  13. steamroll: FreeDictionary.org
  14. steamroll: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. steamroll: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. steamroll: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Steamroll: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  To flatten, as if with a steamroller.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm.

Similar:
roll over, roll, uproll, logroll, outroll, reroll, steam, pancake, steam up, rowl, more...

Opposite:
yield, compromise, cooperate, accommodate, defer

Types:
bulldoze, plow through, run roughshod over, trample, more...

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Similar:
roll over, roll, uproll, logroll, outroll, reroll, steam, pancake, steam up, rowl, more...

Opposite:
yield, compromise, cooperate, accommodate, defer

Types:
bulldoze, plow through, run roughshod over, trample, more...



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