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Translate steamroller from English to French

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steam-roller:
- rouleau compresseur; rouleau compresseur à vapeur
Wiktionary:
- steamroller → passer au laminoir

English

Detailed Translations for steamroller from English to French

steamroller:

Translation Matrix for steamroller:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	juggernaut; road roller
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	steamroll

Synonyms for "steamroller":

juggernaut; power; force
road roller; vehicle
steamroll; coerce; hale; squeeze; pressure; force
go; proceed; move
squash; crush; squelch; mash
overpower; overmaster; overwhelm
flatten

Related Definitions for "steamroller":

vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements¹
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way¹
make level or flat with a steamroller¹
overwhelm by using great force¹
- steamroller the opposition¹
crush with a steamroller as if to level¹
- steamroller the road¹
proceed with great force¹
- The new teacher tends to steamroller¹
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure¹
- The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat¹

Wiktionary Translations for steamroller:

steamroller

verb

confronter à de rudes épreuves.
- passer au laminoir → steamroller

steam-roller:

steam-roller [the ~] noun

the steam-roller (roller)
le rouleau compresseur; le rouleau compresseur à vapeur
- rouleau compresseur [le ~] noun
- rouleau compresseur à vapeur [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for steam-roller:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
rouleau compresseur	roller; steam-roller
rouleau compresseur à vapeur	roller; steam-roller

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