bulldoze
verb (used with object)
to clear, level, or reshape the contours of (land) by or as if by using a bulldozer.
were bulldozing
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past progressiveof bulldoze.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On the eastern side, crews were bulldozing fire lines, opening up narrow logging roads and clearing ridgetops in hopes of stopping its advance, fire officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
Yes, the Gonzaga Bulldogs were bulldozing their way through the competition, beating the likes of Arizona, Florida, Iowa State — and Saint Mary’s three times.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2017
To prepare for a major Communist offensive in I Corps, Allied engineers last week were bulldozing a 220-yd.-wide "death zone" across the Quang Tri plain, some two miles south of the DMZ.
From Time Magazine Archive
