Usually means: Imposing will forcefully, crushing opposition.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word steamrollering:

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  1. steamrollering: Merriam-Webster
  2. steamrollering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. steamrollering: Vocabulary.com
  4. steamrollering: Wordnik
  5. steamrollering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. steamrollering: Wiktionary
  7. steamrollering: Dictionary.com
  8. steamrollering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. steamrollering: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See steamroller as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (steamroller)

noun:  (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
noun:  (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.
noun:  (figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force.
noun:  (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.
verb:  (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.
▸ Also see steamroller


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