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steamroller noun [ ˈstiːmrəʊlə ]

• a heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction.
• "after each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it"

steamroller verb

• (of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition.
• "the government's trying to steamroller a law through"


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