Definition of "steamroll" []

• To flatten, as if with a steamroller (verb)
• To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm (verb)

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• "Eliot Spitzer, elected in 2006 with a huge mandate, tried to "steamroll" a bunch of hacks in Albany."
• "He accused the Government and ANC of trying to "steamroll" an agreement through the negotiating council."
• "The Chinese certainly assume that they can "steamroll" this administration, as we saw from the last meeting there."