bulldozer
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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How to use bulldozer in a sentence
It took nearly two months and 12-hour days for a convoy of bulldozers and trucks to remove an enormous pile of toxic roofing debris called Shingle Mountain from the side of Marsha Jackson’s house.
Something to sing about: Shingle Mountain, a giant pile of pollution, finally gone | Darryl Fears | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostSwapping “cat” with “bulldozer,” however, yields a much larger difference.
A Language AI Is Accurately Predicting Covid-19 ‘Escape’ Mutations | Shelly Fan | January 19, 2021 | Singularity HubThe money was to pay a bulldozer operator to not operate his bulldozer.
This might be Washington’s oldest house, but it came from New England | John Kelly | November 28, 2020 | Washington PostLunt wanted to make sure the bulldozer operator earned his day’s rate, even if his blade was stayed.
This might be Washington’s oldest house, but it came from New England | John Kelly | November 28, 2020 | Washington PostSoon Doug heard a fire crew over the scanner calling for a bulldozer to push abandoned cars out of the roadway.
The Future of Wildfire Fighting Is on All of Us | Stephanie May Joyce | October 5, 2020 | Outside Online
Dugin founded EYUR in 2005, he said, so its members would be “human shields in the face of the Orange bulldozer.”
Alexander Dugin: The Crazy Ideologue of the New Russian Empire | Oleg Shynkarenko | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The Olympic Games, like a big bulldozer, keep rolling all over our lives,” Martynov said with a sigh.
Soldiers, settlers, and bulldozer drivers have also mercilessly targeted civilians.
A dusty yellow bulldozer pulls up and begins to grade the trash away into the fill.
The Best Scenes From Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Counselor’ Screenplay | Thomas Flynn | October 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmeira still had to pay 25,000 shekels ($7,000) to hire a bulldozer and trucks to transport the rubble….
One specimen was unearthed from the bank of a small muddy stream by a bulldozer.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanThere was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowA bulldozer stood abandoned on it, brand-new and in perfect order, with the smell of gasoline and oil about it.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsHe reached the bulldozer and turned south, and at long last reached the highway.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsThe specimen was uncovered by a bulldozer at a depth of about one foot below the surface.
Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea | Robert G Webb
British Dictionary definitions for bulldozer
/ (ˈbʊlˌdəʊzə) /
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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