bulldoze
To destroy with a bulldozerTo destroy with a bulldozer.
» They know that they can bulldoze their way out of the situation.
Meaning
6 sensesTo destroy with a bulldozer.
He's certainly very chirpy for a man whose house has just been bulldozed down.
flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
He just ran across the field bulldozing everyone over.
To push through forcefully.
To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
Again the animal had bulldozed all of its bedding into a heap at one end of its cage.
To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
That was a good suggestion, but you just bulldozed it.
(US, dated, slang)To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
Examples
2 sentencesThey know that they can bulldoze their way out of the situation.
Ziri bulldozed the playground.
Origin
From earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent toFrom earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent to bull + dose.
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Forms
bulldozes, bulldozing, bulldozed, bulldozedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle