noun Download 🔗Share A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc. Examples : "The construction crew used a bulldozer to clear the overgrown area near the school playground. " vehicle machine building technology industry work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One who bulldozes. Examples : ""My boss is a real bulldozer; he ignores everyone's opinions and just pushes his own ideas through." " machine vehicle building work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chiefly in the plural) A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents. Examples : "The history books describe how the bulldozers terrorized black communities during the post-Civil War era, making it difficult for them to exercise their right to vote. " politics history race government group state war person organization action moral inhuman law society attitude right value negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual. Examples : "The new student was a bulldozer, constantly interrupting the teacher and making everyone else feel uncomfortable. " character person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bulldoze (push through forcefully). Examples : "The impatient shopper tried to bulldoze through the crowd to get to the sale items first. " vehicle action machine technology industry building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading