bulldozer

[ boo l-doh-zer ]

/ ˈbʊlˌdoʊ zər /

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noun

a large, powerful tractor having a vertical blade at the front end for moving earth, tree stumps, rocks, etc.

a person who intimidates or coerces.

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Origin of bulldozer

1875–80, Americanism; 1925–30 in the sense “tractor”; origin uncertain. See bulldoze

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Soldiers, settlers, and bulldozer drivers have also mercilessly targeted civilians.
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Ameira still had to pay 25,000 shekels ($7,000) to hire a bulldozer and trucks to transport the rubble….
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On the bucket of a bulldozer that had been previously used to uproot the trees in Gezi Park it says, “ I am Free!”
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May I recommend the one featuring a picture of the dome from The Dome of the Rock being demolished by a Caterpillar bulldozer?
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Conflicting accounts have her either falling back and getting sucked under the bulldozer or being hit head one.
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Dakug swildu ang makamaung muupirit ug buldúsir, One who knows how to operate a bulldozer is highly paid.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
One specimen was unearthed from the bank of a small muddy stream by a bulldozer.
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Even the section their ship stood on was part of the crater, he saw, with an Earth bulldozer working on it.
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Prosaically, a bulldozer lowered its wide blade some fifty yards from the ship.
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The specimen was uncovered by a bulldozer at a depth of about one foot below the surface.
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British Dictionary definitions for bulldozer

bulldozer

/ (ˈbʊlˌdəʊzə) /

noun

a powerful tractor fitted with caterpillar tracks and a blade at the front, used for moving earth, rocks, etc

informal a person who bulldozes

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Word Origin and History for bulldozer

bulldozer

"person who intimidates by violence," 1876, agent noun from bulldoze (q.v.). Meaning extended to ground-clearing caterpillar tractor in 1930.

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