steamroller
Asphalt compacting machine
A steamroller is a heavy vehicle with a large cylindrical roller used to flatten and compact road surfaces during construction.
The word extends to anything that crushes opposition through overwhelming force: The bill steamrollered through committee.
To steamroller someone is to force compliance through pressure or intimidation: They steamrollered her into signing.
Machine that compresses materials
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- vibratoryCausing rapid oscillation
- pavingLaying hard ground cover
diesel · tandem · heavy equipment · padfoot · sheepsfoot · operator · cab · engine
Demolish using heavy equipment
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- crushCompress with force
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- suppressForcibly put an end to
trample · push through · override · browbeat · strong-arm · railroad · coerce · intimidate
Reduce volume by force
- crushCompress with force
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- pressApply force downward
spread · even out · squash · compact · pancake · flatten out · iron out · trample
Petroleum-based paving material
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- tarFile bundling utility
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- macadamCrushed stone paving
surfacing · resurfacing · paving · grading · compaction · highway · pavement · road crew
Methods to achieve goals
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- majorityOver half of total
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
opposition · negotiate · bipartisan · committee · amendment · vote · lobby · mandate
compactor
Machine that compresses materials
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- vibratoryCausing rapid oscillation
paving · diesel · tandem · heavy equipment · padfoot · sheepsfoot · operator · cab · engine · tonnage
bulldoze
Demolish using heavy equipment
suppress · trample · push through · override · browbeat · strong-arm · railroad · coerce · intimidate · bully
compress
Reduce volume by force
press · spread · even out · squash · compact · pancake · flatten out · iron out · trample · smooth out
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
macadam · surfacing · resurfacing · paving · grading · compaction · highway · pavement · road crew · hot mix
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- majorityOver half of total
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
veto · opposition · negotiate · bipartisan · committee · amendment · vote · lobby · mandate · coalition
- rollersbrayer
- construction equipmentbackhoe, bulldozer, excavator, crane, forklift
- heavy vehiclessemi truck, semi-truck, eighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig
- sales tacticsupselling, cross-selling, hard sell, soft sell, high pressure
- momentumbuilding momentum, gain traction, gaining traction, pick up speed, picking up speed
- rolling thingswheel spin, bowling, rollerblading, bicycle wheel, wagon wheel
steamrollersurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulate · yield · submit · acquiesce · cave in
steamrollerstall
Enclosed compartment or delay
halt · grind to a halt · falter · hesitate · stumble
steamrollerdiplomat
Official foreign representative
mediator · collaborator · negotiator · peacemaker · accommodator
steamroll, steamrollers, steamrollered, steamrollering, steamrolled, steamrolling, steamrolls