steamroller
/ˈstiːmrəʊlə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈstiːmrəʊlə/
steamroller
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- 3 syllables
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- Schwa vowel
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
steam - rol - ler -> steamroller
Myanmar meaning
လမ်းသစ်များကို ကြိတ်နင်းရသည့် လေးလံသော လမ်းကြိတ်စက်ကြီး။ ဖိခြေ ၊ ဖိနင်းသည့် အင်အား ၊ အင်အားဖြင့် နင်းခြေသည်။ အတင်းအဓမ္မ အင်အားသုံးသည်။
Full entry
steamroller /'sti:mrǝƱlǝ(r) / n
လမ်းကြိတ်စက်။
v ဖိနှိပ်ချေမှုန်းသည်။
steamrollering all opposition.
❏ steamroller sb into sth/doing sth [PHRV] မရမနေ အတင်းအဓမ္မ လုပ်ခိုင်းသည်။
More examples
- ‘The city passed a resolution in 1987 to name a street in a new development in Rivière-des-Prairies after L' Ouverture, but the steamrollers never touched the tarmac.’
- ‘Clear the road and keep an eye out for the steamroller.’
- ‘A lone steamroller trundled along what was supposed to be the car park.’
- ‘Watched by thousands, almost 5, 000 weapons were flattened by a steamroller or burnt in a pyre.’
- ‘Then he brought in steamrollers to flatten the rubble like parking lots.’
- ‘Now the firm whose steamrollers, traction engines, steam trams, trains and grass cutting equipment contributed to the city's industrial heritage has been recognised.’
- ‘In a single night, the scaffolding was removed from the facades, the steamrollers left the streets, and the earthmovers departed from the parks.’
- ‘Everything from show engines to traction engines, steamrollers and steam tractors kept spectators intrigued.’
- ‘While some fragments of buildings and heaps of distinguishable rubble littered the area, most of the area was flattened as if paved by a steamroller.’
- ‘Obscene video tapes and counterfeit CD-ROMs are sometimes ordered crushed by steamrollers, and I believe mobile phones should suffer the same fate.’
- ‘I have seen drivers behind the wheels of steamrollers and backhoes, working with freakish intensity, doing the bidding of a boozemaster who had dangled twelve-packs before them.’
- ‘Until yesterday morning Jack McConnell was standing in the middle of the road watching a steamroller coming towards him.’
- ‘A number of men were working on the road and it is believed the steamroller rolled back dragging Mr Brown underneath.’
- ‘The roadworkers used machinery such as the steamroller and crusher depicted.’
- ‘The steamroller was now a rusty, immobile, piece of heavy machinery.’
- ‘A glance over the port rail revealed a steamroller lying on the seabed at 70m.’
- ‘Beside the A6 near Garstang was a family concern contracting with threshing machines, traction engines and steamrollers.’
- ‘Otherwise this year's gathering will remain untouched featuring everything from traditional fairground rides to traction engines, steamrollers and wagons.’
- ‘Mr Oldfield, of London Road, Clacton, drove steamrollers used to surface the town's first roads and many in the surrounding district in the early half of the 20th century.’
- ‘‘People are now more religious, ’ he says above the din of a steamroller smashing chunks of granite into a foundation for the new road.’
Synonyms
ball of fire, bludgeon, brawniness, brick wall, brick-wall, brute force, bulldoze, bullish, bully, coerce, coming on strong, compel, compress, crush, dead set on, defeat, demolish, destroy, dismiss, drive, drive over, flatten, force, forceful, hard-driving, hardiness, intimidate, juggernaut, lustiness, mighty, overpower, overwhelm, potence, pow, powerfulness, powerhouse, puncher, red-blooded, robustness, roll over, smash, squash, stalwart, stalwartness, steamroll, stoutness, strength, strengthy, strong arm, strong as an ox, strong as ox, take charge, take over, take-charge, take-over, takeover, thew, trample, vigorous, wieldy
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