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"(figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force."
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"ref": "2005, Jane Smiley, John Kulka, Natalie Danford, editors, Best New American Voices 2006, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 242:",
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
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"word": "rouleau compresseur"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
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"word": "Dampfwalze"
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"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
"word": "úthenger"
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"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
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"word": "rullo compressore"
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"sense": "steam-powered road roller",
"word": "蒸気ローラー"
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"word": "pison"
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"word": "steam power"
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{
"word": "steam engine"
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{
"word": "steam tractor"
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"word": "steam locomotive"
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{
"word": "steam shovel"
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"To level a road using a steamroller."
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"(transitive) To level a road using a steamroller."
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"To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force."
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"word": "steamroll"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to level with a steamroller",
"word": "jyrätä"
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}
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}
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