steam rollers
Heavy paving machines
Steam rollers are heavy vehicles with massive cylindrical rollers used to flatten and compact road surfaces.
Originally powered by steam engines, the term persists for modern diesel-powered road rollers.
Figuratively, to steamroller something is to crush opposition or force through without regard for objections: The bill was steamrollered through committee.
Also spelled as one word: steamrollers.
Petroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- highwayMajor road for travel
- tarFile bundling utility
macadam · resurfacing · paving · lane closure · traffic · detour · aggregate · bitumen
Machine that compresses materials
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- vibratoryCausing rapid oscillation
tandem · soil · grading · earthwork · heavy machinery · diesel · operator · caterpillar
Superior influence over others
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- bulldozingDemolishing by pushing over
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
relentless · flattening · overpowering · ramming · trampling · imposing · juggernaut · momentum
Of a prim era
- industrial revolutionRapid economic mechanization period
- coal-firedPowered by burning anthracite
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- flywheelRotational energy storage device
restoration · heritage · museum · antique · Fowler · smoke stack · whistle
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- highwayMajor road for travel
tar · macadam · resurfacing · paving · lane closure · traffic · detour · aggregate · bitumen · road crew
compactor
Machine that compresses materials
vibratory · tandem · soil · grading · earthwork · heavy machinery · diesel · operator · caterpillar · bulldozer
dominance
Superior influence over others
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- bulldozingDemolishing by pushing over
unstoppable · relentless · flattening · overpowering · ramming · trampling · imposing · juggernaut · momentum · pressure
Victorian
Of a prim era
- industrial revolutionRapid economic mechanization period
- coal-firedPowered by burning anthracite
- boilerWater-heating vessel
flywheel · restoration · heritage · museum · antique · Fowler · smoke stack · whistle
- hair stylingblow dryer, blow drying, curling iron, blow-dry, curling wand
- heavy equipmentexcavator, excavators, bulldozers, loader, backhoe
steam rollersexcavators
Machines for digging earth
backhoes · rippers · scarifiers · jackhammers · trenchers
steam rollerspushovers
Those easily persuaded
doormats · shrinking violets · compromisers · yielders · accommodators
steam rollersexcavators
Machines for digging earth
backhoes · cranes · jackhammers · wrecking balls · pile drivers