steamrollering
Overpowering without resistance
Steamrollering is overwhelming opposition through sheer force or pressure, crushing resistance without regard for objections.
The image comes from the heavy road-paving machine that flattens everything beneath it.
A government might steamroller legislation through parliament; a team might steamroller weaker opponents: They steamrollered the competition 6-0.
Also spelled steamrolling.
Demolishing by pushing over
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- rammingStriking with violent impact
- pushing throughContinuing despite difficulty
railroading · strong-arming · browbeating · bullying · pressuring · trampling · overriding · imposing
Overwhelming in intensity
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
- inundatingFlooding or overwhelming completely
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
routing · trouncing · demolishing · annihilating · devastating · obliterating · thrashing · walloping
Pressing material denser
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
paving · asphalting · grading · compressing · evening · spreading · tamping · surfacing
Stopping noise or dissent
- quashingForcibly ending or voiding
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
- squelchingWet crushing noise
stamping out · overruling · shutting down · muzzling · repressing · subduing · snuffing out
bulldozing
Demolishing by pushing over
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- rammingStriking with violent impact
pushing through · railroading · strong-arming · browbeating · bullying · pressuring · trampling · overriding · imposing · domineering
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
- inundatingFlooding or overwhelming completely
engulfing · routing · trouncing · demolishing · annihilating · devastating · obliterating · thrashing · walloping · clobbering
compacting
Pressing material denser
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
crushing · paving · asphalting · grading · compressing · evening · spreading · tamping · surfacing · finishing
silencing
Stopping noise or dissent
- quashingForcibly ending or voiding
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
squelching · stamping out · overruling · shutting down · muzzling · repressing · subduing · snuffing out
steamrolleringyielding
Bending under pressure
capitulating · submitting · deferring · acquiescing · accommodating
steamrolleringstopping
Ceasing to continue
halting · stalling · grinding to a halt · blocking · reversing
steamrolleringnegotiating
Discussing to reach agreement
compromising · collaborating · consulting · consensus-building · cooperating
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