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bulldoze definition

☆ bull·doze (bo̵ol′dōz′)

transitive verb bulldozed -·dozed′, bulldozing -·doz′·ing

  1. Informal to force or frighten by threatening; intimidate; bully
  2. to move, make level, dig out, etc. with a bulldozer

Etymology: < n. bulldose, a severe beating < bull (Botany Bay slang), a flogging of 75 lashes + dose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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