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bulldozer Definition

☆ bull·dozer (-dō′zər)

noun

  1. a person who bulldozes
  2. a tractor with a large, shovel-like blade on the front, for pushing or moving earth, debris, etc.
bulldozer Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • kill: President Bush has said nothing about a US citizen killed by a US-made bulldozer bought with US tax dollars.

Converse of object

  • drive: Here you drive a big bulldozer about, knocking down whatever you can get your bucket thing in contact with.
  • stop: One demonstrator who tried to stop the bulldozers was arrested.
  • face: Sound Theater will face bulldozer - Stage 20 Jul 2006 Sound Theater will face bulldozer Stage, UK - 20 Jul 2006.. .
  • use: Equally dreadful were the bulldozers used by General McCaffrey in the Gulf to bury Iraqi soldiers alive.
  • see: At the foot of a hill, he saw a bulldozer digging what the witness presumed would be a mass grave.

Adjective modifier

  • armored: Armored bulldozers are usually commercial types with extra protection for the operator.
  • yellow: As the heavy yellow bulldozer raised its blade to cut into the brickwork, Molly fell quietly asleep.

Modifies a noun

  • driver: Showing an African Public Works Department bulldozer driver loading earth onto a lorry.
  • blade: It seems like I recall that there was a cart available to tow behind the tiller and also a bulldozer blade.
  • manufacturer: Campaigners today welcomed the Church of England's overwhelming vote in favor of divesting its £ 2.2 million shares from bulldozer manufacturer Caterpillar.

Noun used with modifier

  • government: ZBC television on Friday showed Minister Chombo preparing to address a crowd of people whose homes had been demolished by government bulldozers.