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   steamroller

   /ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə/

   noun

   • 1. a heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction: "after each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it"
   • ▪ an oppressive and relentless power or force: "victims of an ideological steamroller"

   verb

   • 1. (of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition: "the government's trying to steamroller a law through"
   • ▪ force (someone) into doing or accepting something: "an attempt to steamroller the country into political reforms"

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