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bulldoze Definition


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bulldoze
verb
    1. To use a bulldozer to move, flatten or demolish something.
      Thesaurus: clear, demolish, flatten, level, raze.
    2. To force them to do something they do not want to do; to intimidate or bully them.
      Thesaurus: browbeat, bully, coerce, force, intimidate, ride roughshod over.
      Form: bulldoze someone into something (especially)
    3. To force or push something through against all opposition.
      Example: bulldozed his scheme through the Council
Etymology: 19c, originally US colloquial noun meaning ‘a severe dose (noun 3) (of flogging)'.



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