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What does steamroll mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word steamroll? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To flatten, as if with a steamroller
  2. To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm
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They will welcome his belief in soft power and his desire to work with allies rather than steamroll them.
The timber industry, meanwhile, is counting on friends such as Mr Craig to steamroll the opposition.
As far as I can tell, Bill C-5 is another attempt by the federal government to steamroll over areas of responsibility that belong to the provinces as their sovereign right under the constitution.
I can assure the member there was no hidden agenda there, no need to sort of steamroll the House or anything like this.
But the decision to use the Parliament Act to steamroll the ban through the Lords will be a massive headache.
First elected to government in 1996, the Howard Government suffered its own form of 'Senate envy' associated with their inability to steamroll legislation through the Senate.

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