steamroll

English

Etymology

steam +‎ roll

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːmˌɹoʊl/

Verb

steamroll (third-person singular simple present steamrolls, present participle steamrolling, simple past and past participle steamrolled)

1. To flatten, as if with a steamroller.
2. (figurative) To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm.

   I tried to participate in a sports tournament, but got steamrolled by the better players there.

   • 2019, John O’Connell, chapter 8, in Bowie's Bookshelf, →ISBN:

     In The Trial of Henry Kissinger the late British journalist, best known for his Vanity Fair columns, his deliberately provocative opinion that women aren’t funny and his penchant for booze and fags, steamrolls the former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State for Presidents Nixon and Ford with a polemical brilliance so assured it cancels out the occasional flashes of arrogance and pomposity.

Translations

to flatten

• Catalan: aplanar (ca)
• Dutch: walsen (nl)
• Estonian: tasandama, siluma
• Finnish: jyrätä (fi)
• German: plattwalzen, plattmachen (de), niederwalzen (de)
• Spanish: pasar el rodillo

to crush ruthlessly

• Catalan: esclafar (ca)
• Estonian: lömastama
• Finnish: jyrätä (fi)
• German: plattmachen (de)

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