steamroller

  1. Noun.  a steam-powered heavy road roller.
  2. Noun.  (informal) Any heavy road roller.
  3. Noun.  (context, by extension) any seemingly irresistible force.
  4. Noun.  a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam).
  5. Verb.  to level a road using a steamroller.
  6. Verb.  to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower.

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