steamrollered
Overwhelmed by force
Steamrollered is the past tense of steamroller, meaning to crush or flatten opposition through overwhelming force or pressure.
A steamroller is a heavy vehicle with a large roller used to flatten road surfaces, and the verb extends this to any situation where someone or something is flattened by superior power: The proposal was steamrollered through committee despite objections.
To be steamrollered is to be overwhelmed or coerced into submission: She felt steamrollered into accepting the deal.
Made to occur unwillingly
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- pushedApplied pressure to move
- trampledStepped on heavily
overpowered · dominated · browbeaten · strong-armed · railroaded · bowled-over · crushed · subdued
forced
Made to occur unwillingly
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- pushedApplied pressure to move
trampled · overpowered · dominated · browbeaten · strong-armed · railroaded · bowled-over · crushed · subdued · defeated
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
engulfed · buried · besieged · flooded · bombarded · deluged · overrun · submerged · drowned · overtaken
crushed
Compressed into fragments
smoothed · paved · graded · compressed · squashed · pancaked · ironed · bulldozed · resurfaced · tarred
steamrolleredresisted
Refused to yield
pushed back · fought off · repelled · withstood · defied
steamrollereddominated
Controlled or overpowered
overpowered · bulldozed · crushed · prevailed · fought back