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 workers used bulldozers to clear the land for the new shopping mall. " vehicle machine building technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One who bulldozes. Examples : "The protesters called the construction company's foreman a "bulldozers" because he dismissed their concerns and aggressively pushed forward with the project. " machine vehicle industry job building technology 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 : "Because of the historical actions of bulldozers who terrorized Black communities, many African Americans were afraid to vote. " politics history race inhuman group society government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual. Examples : "The new manager was a real bulldozer, ignoring everyone's ideas and doing things his own way. " character person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading