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
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
Much of the credit for Ireland's winning run had been directed towards the transformation of Andy Farrell's pack, who had bulldozed recent opposition and dominated the ruck.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2022
Several phases of urban renewal had bulldozed 104 of those 150 homes to the ground, leaving only a third of original Lakelanders in the community.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
He had bulldozed and harried her into frantic weariness.
From Never-Fail Blake by Arthur Stringer
