Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
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Steamroller
//ˈstimˌroʊlɚ//
Synonyms for "steamroller" (121 found)
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24 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- هَرَّاس noun (steam-powered road roller)
Bulgarian
3 entries- парен валяк noun (steam-powered road roller)
- смажа verb (to proceed ruthlessly)
- смазвам verb (to proceed ruthlessly)
Catalan
1 entries- corró noun (steam-powered road roller)
Czech
1 entries- parní válec noun (steam-powered road roller)
Esperanto
1 entries- vaporcilindro noun (steam-powered road roller)
Finnish
4 entries- höyryjyrä noun (steam-powered road roller)
- höyryjyrä noun (figurative: irresistible force)
- jyrätä verb (to level with a steamroller)
- jyrätä verb (to proceed ruthlessly)
French
1 entries- rouleau compresseur noun (steam-powered road roller)
German
1 entries- Dampfwalze noun (steam-powered road roller)
Hungarian
3 entries- gőzhenger noun (steam-powered road roller)
- gőzhenger noun (figurative: irresistible force)
- úthenger noun (steam-powered road roller)
Italian
1 entries- rullo compressore noun (steam-powered road roller)
Japanese
1 entries- 蒸気ローラー noun (steam-powered road roller)
Korean
1 entries- 증기 롤러 noun (steam-powered road roller)
Macedonian
1 entries- ва́лјак noun (steam-powered road roller)
Spanish
1 entries- apisonadora noun (steam-powered road roller)
Swedish
2 entries- ångvält noun (steam-powered road roller)
- ångvält noun (figurative: irresistible force)
Tagalog
1 entries- pison noun (steam-powered road roller)
Sample sentences
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The steamroller can only move slowly.
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Well, I'm a steamroller, babe / I'm bound to roll all over you
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England's last line-out in World Cup rugby had been stolen by New Zealand in a dramatic conclusion to the final three years ago, but the driving maul remains a potent weapon and flanker Sadia Kabeya was decisive as England fired up the steamroller once more.
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