bulldoze
verb (used with object)
to clear, level, or reshape the contours of (land) by or as if by using a bulldozer.
had bulldozed
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past perfectof bulldoze.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Robert Smithson had bulldozed dirt and rocks to build a spiral jetty coiling out into Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Witnesses told Reuters that the IDF had bulldozed the main cemetery in Bani Suhaila, the town on the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024
And there’s a spot fire that popped up in these dry grasses which the firefighters had bulldozed to bury what could be embers or anything.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2023
On Saturday, federal authorities announced they shut down a massive land-clearing project that had bulldozed native semi-desert vegetation on a hillside to create a concert venue.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
He had bulldozed and harried her into frantic weariness.
From Never-Fail Blake by Stringer, Arthur
