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bull⋅doze
[boo
l-dohz] 
verb, -dozed, -doz⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to clear, level, or reshape the contours of (land) by or as if by using a bulldozer: to bulldoze a building site. |
| 2. | to clear away by or as if by using a bulldozer: to bulldoze trees from a site. |
| 3. | to coerce or intimidate, as with threats. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to use a bulldozer: To clear this rubble away we may have to bulldoze. |
| 5. | to advance or force one's way in the manner of a bulldozer. |
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; orig. uncert.; the notion that it represents a v. use of bull dose, i.e., a dose fit for a bull, is prob. specious; defs. 1, 2, 4, 5 are back formations from bulldozer tractor
1875–80, Americanism; orig. uncert.; the notion that it represents a v. use of bull dose, i.e., a dose fit for a bull, is prob. specious; defs. 1, 2, 4, 5 are back formations from bulldozer tractor
Synonyms:
3. browbeat, cow, bully, hector; tyrannize.
3. browbeat, cow, bully, hector; tyrannize.
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Link To bulldozed
| bull·doze (bŏŏl'dōz') v. bull·dozed, bull·doz·ing, bull·dozes v. tr.
[Perhaps from alteration of obsolete bulldose, severe beating : bull1 + dose.] |
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