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QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby steamroller
steampipe, steam point, steampunk, steam reforming, steamroll, steamroller, steam room, steamship, steam shovel, steam table, steamtight
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Example sentences from the Web for steamroller
The Donald Trump steamroller got run off the road last week, and getting back on track may not be easy.
His hard lines and angles project the arrogance of a confidence man, or as Arlyn Imberman puts it, “a steamroller.”
It was like getting a steamroller in motion to start Hickman.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy MathewsonWell, nobody can catch a sixty-horsepower motor-car with a ten-ton steamroller.
Our Square and the People in It|Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for steamroller
steamroller
steam roller
/ (ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə) /
noun
- a steam-powered vehicle with heavy rollers at the front and rear used for compressing road surfaces during road-making
- another word for roadroller
- an overpowering force or a person with such force that overcomes all opposition
- (as modifier)steamroller tactics
verb
(tr) to crush (opposition, etc) by overpowering force
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