bulldoze
IPA: bˈʊɫdoʊz
verb
- To destroy with a bulldozer.
- (UK) To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
- To push through forcefully.
- To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
- (UK) To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
- (US, slang, dated) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
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Examples of "bulldoze" in Sentences
- The construction crew had to bulldoze through the thick concrete wall to make way for the new building
- The developer decided to bulldoze the old house on the property to make room for a shopping mall
- The government threatened to bulldoze the illegal squatters' homes if they did not leave voluntarily
- The farmer had to bulldoze a path through the overgrown field to reach his crops
- The reckless driver tried to bulldoze his way through the crowded intersection, narrowly avoiding a collision
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