steamrollern.

Brit.

/ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈstimˌroʊlər/

a. A heavy locomotive engine with wide wheels used for crushing road-metal and levelling roads.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered > steam-roller

steamroller1866

1866 Engineering 18 May 318/3 The Ballaison steam roller..may now be seen at all hours of the day crushing smooth the granite of the new boulevards of Paris.

1877 Philipson in Q. Rev. 144 424 There, too, six-horse rollers are found to do the work of setting a roadway far more effectually than our steam-rollers.

b. figurative (colloquial). A crushing power or force. Also attributive. Russian steamroller: with reference to Russian military capacity in the war of 1914–18.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > crushing or suppressing

overwhelming1567

killing1615

spiflicating1852

steamroller1896

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective]

strainable1483

compellatory?a1562

coactive1593

inforcive1596

enforcive1598

coercivea1600

constraining1602

constraintive1602

pulsive1602

compulsive1604

compulsatory1610

compellinga1616

compulsativea1616

compulsory1631

coercitive1632

coactinga1641

enforcinga1657

coercent1660

imposing1665

cogent1672

compellent1847

high-pressured1868

coercionary1884

steamroller1896

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which

quenchera1382

hammer1382

suppresser1543

suppressor1560

quench-coal1615

pulverizer1635

stifler1642

smotherer1648

queller1804

overwhelmer1807

cold douche1835

squelcher1854

putter-down1869

steamroller1896

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of

compulsorya1513

screw1618

wrench1622

compulsive1638

coercitive1651

coercive1651

enforcive1686

persuader1788

steamroller1896

1896 D. Lloyd George Let. 6 Aug. (1973) 106 One of them [sc. M.P.s] threatened to pass a steamroller over me yesterday... Killed the Military Lands Bill. Just heard from Balfour. That's their steamroller.

1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 489/1 She [Russia] sought to achieve her end by means of the ‘steam roller’ of the concert of Europe.

1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 731/1 At last Kitchener..set his steam-roller in motion and rolled the enemy flat.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 15/1 In the Caucasus, as in Finland, she [sc. Russia] has adopted the steam~roller policy, and by crushing national aspirations has estranged possible loyalists.

1912 Chicago Tribune 3 June 2/2 The Roosevelt adherents..expect through publicity to prevent the operation of the steam~roller.

1916 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 9 Apr. vi. 1/3 A combination of the British fleet, the French Army, and the Russian steam roller.

1934 J. Hilton Good-bye, Mr. Chips xiii. 89 The Battle of the Marne, the Russian steam-roller, Kitchener.

1952 Sun (Baltimore) 7 July 2/4 Meanwhile Taft's men proceed on the lines slammed down by Elihu Root's steamroller.

1976 Listener 5 Feb. 132/3 The Soviet military doctrine of the so-called ‘steamroller approach’—huge numbers of well-disciplined, fit and adequately trained privates, as distinguished from the élitist concept of an all-volunteer army, like Britain's.

Derivatives

steamroll v. transitive, (a) to crush or level with a steamroller; (b) figurative; (also) to force or drive in a given direction (cf. steamroller v. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)]

needeOE

straita1340

pressa1393

afforcea1400

stressa1400

coactc1400

coarctc1400

strainc1400

compulse?a1475

cohert1475

oppress1523

compel1526

forcec1540

to tie to the stake1544

urge1576

adact1615

duressa1626

coerce1659

railroad1889

to twist the tail1895

steamroll1900

steamroller1912

shanghai1919

bulldozer1945

shotguna1961

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > level or grade

grade1835

pike1871

steamroll1900

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down

treadc825

oftreadeOE

fortreadc1000

overrunOE

treadc1000

fulla1400

trample1530

trachlec1550

betrample1567

hobnail1875

to plough down1877

steamroll1900

steamroller1913

1900 Daily News 26 Dec. 6/3 The usual plan..is to finish off the laid road metal with gravel, which is well watered and steam rolled.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iv. v. 274 So Edward and Nancy found themselves steam-rolled out and Leonora survives.

1955 Times 15 Aug. 5/4 The big screen, Vistavision, the Hollywood technique, and all the rest of it will steamroll the lightness and gaiety of the original idea out of all recognition.

1975 Times 21 July 1/8 The ruling party..will steamroll the endorsement through.

ˈsteamˌrolling n. formerly /ˌsteam ˈrollinɡ/

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun]

needeOE

distressc1384

force1387

stressc1390

artingc1400

coactionc1400

constrainauncec1400

compulsion1462

enforcement1477

coercion1495

forcement1524

enforcing1531

strain1532

constraint1533

coercement1592

constrainment1593

duress1596

compulse1616

obligement1641

cogency1702

coercive control1827

steamrolling1879

compression1880

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > levelling or grading

grading1835

steamrolling1879

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > crushing > steam-rolling

steamrolling1879

1879 T. Codrington Macadamised Roads 99 The cost of steam rolling, when there is constant work for the machine, is far less than that of horse rolling.

1914 Times 29 Aug. 6/2 Our task is stonewalling, and that of the Russians is steamrolling.

1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 22/1 The main TV companies have made some attempt to cover the most excessive speculation and steamrolling of community rights.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

steamrollerv.

Forms: Also with hyphen or as two words.

Etymology: < steamroller n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteam-roller.

1. transitive. To crush or level with a steamroller; to force with a steamroller.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down

treadc825

oftreadeOE

fortreadc1000

overrunOE

treadc1000

fulla1400

trample1530

trachlec1550

betrample1567

hobnail1875

to plough down1877

steamroll1900

steamroller1913

1913 New Statesman 26 July 497/2 To attempt to get through his poems in Classical Prosody is like trying to ride a bicycle over miles of newly-stoned road not yet steam-rollered.

1940 V. Brittain Test. of Friendship xix. 361 What had happened..to the mortal remnants of those slaughtered thousands?.. Had they been ploughed, exploded and steam-rollered into the soil?

2. figurative.

a. To crush or break down, as with a steamroller; to ride roughshod over; to overwhelm or squash. Frequently in political contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)]

needeOE

straita1340

pressa1393

afforcea1400

stressa1400

coactc1400

coarctc1400

strainc1400

compulse?a1475

cohert1475

oppress1523

compel1526

forcec1540

to tie to the stake1544

urge1576

adact1615

duressa1626

coerce1659

railroad1889

to twist the tail1895

steamroll1900

steamroller1912

shanghai1919

bulldozer1945

shotguna1961

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow

shrenchc897

allayOE

fellOE

quellOE

to bring to the groundc1175

forlesec1200

to lay downa1225

acastc1225

accumberc1275

cumber1303

confoundc1330

overthrowc1375

cumrayc1425

overquell?c1450

overwhelvec1450

to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500

prostrate1531

quash1556

couch1577

unhorse1577

prosternate1593

overbeata1616

unchariot1715

floor1828

quench1841

to knock over1853

fling1889

to throw down1890

steamroller1912

wipe1972

zonk1973

1912 Chicago Tribune 7 June 1/4 They [sc. the Taft men] assent..that they will ‘steam roller’ the Roosevelt contests with a vengeance.

1918 G. B. Shaw in Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 5/2 He hammered poor Mr Walsh with trenchant repetitions of his chivalrous Christian phrase, and steamrollered him amid thunderous plaudits.

1921 Round Table June 651 His block majority, with which, if necessary, he could steam-roller opposition.

1924 S. Baldwin On Eng. 5 Let us see to it that we never allow our individuality as Englishmen to be steam-rollered.

1930 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War xi. 283 An Ally [sc. Russia] on whom we had depended to steamroller our enemies on their eastern front.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 3 Dec. 4/1 It would be a tragedy if the personal intimate side of British elections was steam-rollered into a flat monotony.

1982 Notes & Queries Apr. 174/2 The book seems..to be an example of that kind of academic system~building where the subtleties of a text are ‘steamrollered’ in the interests of interpretative ‘schemes’.

b. To push (a measure or bill) through (a legislative assembly, committee, etc.) by forcibly overriding opposition.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill > forcibly

steamroller1947

1947 A. W. Grantham in Hong Kong Hansard 31 July 257 It is too readily assumed that because there is a majority of Officials the slightest wish of Government is ‘steam-rollered’ through this Council.

1960 Times 1 Mar. 12/3 Certainly, each measure is steam-rollered through.

1964 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 1/1 They accused him..of having ‘steam-rollered the Bill through the Cabinet’.

c. To force (someone) into (a course of action, situation, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state

needeOE

driveOE

strainc1374

halec1400

plunge?c1400

thrust14..

pulla1425

put1425

compel1541

violent?1551

forcec1592

necessitate1629

oblige1632

dragoon1689

press1733

coercea1853

thirl1871

steamroller1959

arm-twist1964

1959 Economist 18 Apr. 212/2 If the Government is steamrollered into granting a flat rate increase for all these pensioners right across the board, this will be the third successive general election which has been immediately preceded by such a step.

1959 P. Bull I know Face ii. 42 Luckily Robert and I..were not steam~rollered into a phoney romance to appease the fans and newshawks.

3. intransitive. With adv. or prep. To proceed (esp. to continue speaking), regardless of opposition or interruption.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of interruption

steamroller1969

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter > with strong feeling

noise?a1425

rave1716

gnatter1826

gush1864

to shout the odds1894

rant1908

steamroller1969

1969 D. Francis Enquiry i. iii. 38 Gowery steamrollered on. ‘You found certain objects.’

1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime iii. 31 The Hon. Con steam~rollered happily through the interruption.

1977 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 11 Jan. 13/8 Walker steam-rollered in with a 4–3 finish to win 16–15!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	steamroller
释义	steamrollern. Brit. /ˈstiːmˌrəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈstimˌroʊlər/ a. A heavy locomotive engine with wide wheels used for crushing road-metal and levelling roads. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered > steam-roller steamroller1866 1866 Engineering 18 May 318/3 The Ballaison steam roller..may now be seen at all hours of the day crushing smooth the granite of the new boulevards of Paris. 1877 Philipson in Q. Rev. 144 424 There, too, six-horse rollers are found to do the work of setting a roadway far more effectually than our steam-rollers. b. figurative (colloquial). A crushing power or force. Also attributive. Russian steamroller: with reference to Russian military capacity in the war of 1914–18. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > crushing or suppressing overwhelming1567 killing1615 spiflicating1852 steamroller1896 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] strainable1483 compellatory?a1562 coactive1593 inforcive1596 enforcive1598 coercivea1600 constraining1602 constraintive1602 pulsive1602 compulsive1604 compulsatory1610 compellinga1616 compulsativea1616 compulsory1631 coercitive1632 coactinga1641 enforcinga1657 coercent1660 imposing1665 cogent1672 compellent1847 high-pressured1868 coercionary1884 steamroller1896 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which quenchera1382 hammer1382 suppresser1543 suppressor1560 quench-coal1615 pulverizer1635 stifler1642 smotherer1648 queller1804 overwhelmer1807 cold douche1835 squelcher1854 putter-down1869 steamroller1896 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of compulsorya1513 screw1618 wrench1622 compulsive1638 coercitive1651 coercive1651 enforcive1686 persuader1788 steamroller1896 1896 D. Lloyd George Let. 6 Aug. (1973) 106 One of them [sc. M.P.s] threatened to pass a steamroller over me yesterday... Killed the Military Lands Bill. Just heard from Balfour. That's their steamroller. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 489/1 She [Russia] sought to achieve her end by means of the ‘steam roller’ of the concert of Europe. 1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 731/1 At last Kitchener..set his steam-roller in motion and rolled the enemy flat. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 15/1 In the Caucasus, as in Finland, she [sc. Russia] has adopted the steam~roller policy, and by crushing national aspirations has estranged possible loyalists. 1912 Chicago Tribune 3 June 2/2 The Roosevelt adherents..expect through publicity to prevent the operation of the steam~roller. 1916 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 9 Apr. vi. 1/3 A combination of the British fleet, the French Army, and the Russian steam roller. 1934 J. Hilton Good-bye, Mr. Chips xiii. 89 The Battle of the Marne, the Russian steam-roller, Kitchener. 1952 Sun (Baltimore) 7 July 2/4 Meanwhile Taft's men proceed on the lines slammed down by Elihu Root's steamroller. 1976 Listener 5 Feb. 132/3 The Soviet military doctrine of the so-called ‘steamroller approach’—huge numbers of well-disciplined, fit and adequately trained privates, as distinguished from the élitist concept of an all-volunteer army, like Britain's. Derivatives steamroll v. transitive, (a) to crush or level with a steamroller; (b) figurative; (also) to force or drive in a given direction (cf. steamroller v. 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > level or grade grade1835 pike1871 steamroll1900 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down treadc825 oftreadeOE fortreadc1000 overrunOE treadc1000 fulla1400 trample1530 trachlec1550 betrample1567 hobnail1875 to plough down1877 steamroll1900 steamroller1913 1900 Daily News 26 Dec. 6/3 The usual plan..is to finish off the laid road metal with gravel, which is well watered and steam rolled. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iv. v. 274 So Edward and Nancy found themselves steam-rolled out and Leonora survives. 1955 Times 15 Aug. 5/4 The big screen, Vistavision, the Hollywood technique, and all the rest of it will steamroll the lightness and gaiety of the original idea out of all recognition. 1975 Times 21 July 1/8 The ruling party..will steamroll the endorsement through. ˈsteamˌrolling n. formerly /ˌsteam ˈrollinɡ/ ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] needeOE distressc1384 force1387 stressc1390 artingc1400 coactionc1400 constrainauncec1400 compulsion1462 enforcement1477 coercion1495 forcement1524 enforcing1531 strain1532 constraint1533 coercement1592 constrainment1593 duress1596 compulse1616 obligement1641 cogency1702 coercive control1827 steamrolling1879 compression1880 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > levelling or grading grading1835 steamrolling1879 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > crushing > steam-rolling steamrolling1879 1879 T. Codrington Macadamised Roads 99 The cost of steam rolling, when there is constant work for the machine, is far less than that of horse rolling. 1914 Times 29 Aug. 6/2 Our task is stonewalling, and that of the Russians is steamrolling. 1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 22/1 The main TV companies have made some attempt to cover the most excessive speculation and steamrolling of community rights. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). steamrollerv. Forms: Also with hyphen or as two words. Etymology: < steamroller n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteam-roller. 1. transitive. To crush or level with a steamroller; to force with a steamroller. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down treadc825 oftreadeOE fortreadc1000 overrunOE treadc1000 fulla1400 trample1530 trachlec1550 betrample1567 hobnail1875 to plough down1877 steamroll1900 steamroller1913 1913 New Statesman 26 July 497/2 To attempt to get through his poems in Classical Prosody is like trying to ride a bicycle over miles of newly-stoned road not yet steam-rollered. 1940 V. Brittain Test. of Friendship xix. 361 What had happened..to the mortal remnants of those slaughtered thousands?.. Had they been ploughed, exploded and steam-rollered into the soil? 2. figurative. a. To crush or break down, as with a steamroller; to ride roughshod over; to overwhelm or squash. Frequently in political contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 1912 Chicago Tribune 7 June 1/4 They [sc. the Taft men] assent..that they will ‘steam roller’ the Roosevelt contests with a vengeance. 1918 G. B. Shaw in Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 5/2 He hammered poor Mr Walsh with trenchant repetitions of his chivalrous Christian phrase, and steamrollered him amid thunderous plaudits. 1921 Round Table June 651 His block majority, with which, if necessary, he could steam-roller opposition. 1924 S. Baldwin On Eng. 5 Let us see to it that we never allow our individuality as Englishmen to be steam-rollered. 1930 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War xi. 283 An Ally [sc. Russia] on whom we had depended to steamroller our enemies on their eastern front. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 3 Dec. 4/1 It would be a tragedy if the personal intimate side of British elections was steam-rollered into a flat monotony. 1982 Notes & Queries Apr. 174/2 The book seems..to be an example of that kind of academic system~building where the subtleties of a text are ‘steamrollered’ in the interests of interpretative ‘schemes’. b. To push (a measure or bill) through (a legislative assembly, committee, etc.) by forcibly overriding opposition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill > forcibly steamroller1947 1947 A. W. Grantham in Hong Kong Hansard 31 July 257 It is too readily assumed that because there is a majority of Officials the slightest wish of Government is ‘steam-rollered’ through this Council. 1960 Times 1 Mar. 12/3 Certainly, each measure is steam-rollered through. 1964 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 1/1 They accused him..of having ‘steam-rollered the Bill through the Cabinet’. c. To force (someone) into (a course of action, situation, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state needeOE driveOE strainc1374 halec1400 plunge?c1400 thrust14.. pulla1425 put1425 compel1541 violent?1551 forcec1592 necessitate1629 oblige1632 dragoon1689 press1733 coercea1853 thirl1871 steamroller1959 arm-twist1964 1959 Economist 18 Apr. 212/2 If the Government is steamrollered into granting a flat rate increase for all these pensioners right across the board, this will be the third successive general election which has been immediately preceded by such a step. 1959 P. Bull I know Face ii. 42 Luckily Robert and I..were not steam~rollered into a phoney romance to appease the fans and newshawks. 3. intransitive. With adv. or prep. To proceed (esp. to continue speaking), regardless of opposition or interruption. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of interruption steamroller1969 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter > with strong feeling noise?a1425 rave1716 gnatter1826 gush1864 to shout the odds1894 rant1908 steamroller1969 1969 D. Francis Enquiry i. iii. 38 Gowery steamrollered on. ‘You found certain objects.’ 1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime iii. 31 The Hon. Con steam~rollered happily through the interruption. 1977 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 11 Jan. 13/8 Walker steam-rollered in with a 4–3 finish to win 16–15! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1866v.1912
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