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steamrollering

steamrollering is the present participle and gerund of steamroller.

Meaning of steamroller

Verb

steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)

  1. (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.
    Synonyms:
    steamroll
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.
    Synonyms:
    overpower, steamroll

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Questions about steamrollering

What is steamrollering the present participle and gerund of?
Steamrollering is the present participle and gerund of steamroller.

Words near steamrollering in the dictionary

  1. steampunky
  2. steamroll
  3. steamrolled
  4. steamroller
  5. steamrollered
  6. steamrollering
  7. steamrollers
  8. steamrolling
  9. steamrolls
  10. steams
  11. steams ahead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steamrollering (page history and authors); steamroller (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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