bulldoze
verb/ˈbʊldəʊz/
/ˈbʊldəʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bulldoze | /ˈbʊldəʊz/ /ˈbʊldəʊz/ |
| he / she / it bulldozes | /ˈbʊldəʊzɪz/ /ˈbʊldəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple bulldozed | /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ |
| past participle bulldozed | /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ |
| -ing form bulldozing | /ˈbʊldəʊzɪŋ/ /ˈbʊldəʊzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to destroy buildings, trees, etc. with a bulldozer
- be bulldozed The trees are being bulldozed to make way for a new superstore.
- The makeshift dwellings were bulldozed into the ground.
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- [intransitive, transitive] to force your way somewhere; to force something somewhere
- + adv./prep. She bulldozed through to score a sensational goal.
- bulldoze something + adv./prep. They bulldozed the tax bill through Parliament.
- He bulldozed his way to victory.
- [transitive] bulldoze somebody (into doing something) to force somebody to do something synonym railroad
- They bulldozed him into selling.
Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘intimidate’): from the animal bull + -doze, alteration of the noun dose.
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