Bulldozer definition

bo͝oldōzər
bulldozers
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A person who bulldozes.
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An overbearing person; a bully.
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A bully, overbearing individual.
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A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
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One who bulldozes.
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(chiefly in the plural) A self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents. Also known as "regulators". Later used to describe anyone who intimidated or bullied in a similar manner.
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To bulldoze (push through forcefully).
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A tractor with a large, shovel-like blade on the front, for pushing or moving earth, debris, etc.
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A heavy, driver-operated machine for clearing and grading land, usually having continuous treads and a broad hydraulic blade in front.
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Noun

Singular:
bulldozer
Plural:
bulldozers

Origin of bulldozer

  • Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US); bulldoze +‎ -er.

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Bulldozer Sentence Examples

  • One themed desk is designed to look like a bulldozer; another is modeled after picket fences.

  • Here you drive a big bulldozer about, knocking down whatever you can get your bucket thing in contact with.

  • As the heavy yellow bulldozer raised its blade to cut into the brickwork, Molly fell quietly asleep.

  • MacMurray Ranch is a relatively new winery owned by that bulldozer of a wine company, E&J Gallo.

  • For years after the parks close, the rides stand empty and go without care or maintenance, gradually surrendering to rust, wood rot, overgrown plants, and other forces that destroy them as effectively as any bulldozer.

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