bulldoze (verb)

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• bulldoze — ► VERB 1) clear or destroy with a bulldozer. 2) informal use force to deal with or coerce. ORIGIN from BULL(Cf. ↑bull) + doze, an alteration of the noun DOSE(Cf. ↑dose) …   English terms dictionary

• bulldoze — verb 1) they plan to bulldoze the park Syn: demolish, knock down, tear down, pull down, flatten, level, raze, clear 2) he bulldozed his way through Syn: force, push, shove, barge …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bulldoze — (v.) 1876, originally a noun, bulldose a severe beating or lashing, lit. a dose fit for a bull, a slang word referring to the intimidation beating of black voters (by either blacks or whites) in the chaotic 1876 U.S. presidential election. As a… …   Etymology dictionary

• bulldoze — verb (T) 1 to destroy buildings etc with a bulldozer 2 to push objects such as earth and rocks out of the way with a bulldozer 3 bulldoze sb into (doing) sth to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bulldoze — verb Etymology: perhaps from 1bull + alteration of dose Date: 1876 transitive verb 1. to coerce or restrain by threats ; bully 2. to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bulldoze — verb a) To destroy with a bulldozer. Hes certainly very chirpy for a man whose house has just been bulldozed down. b) to push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with over . He just ran across the field… …   Wiktionary

• bulldoze — verb 1》 clear or destroy with a bulldozer. 2》 informal intimidate or coerce. Origin C19: from bull1 + doze, alt. of the noun dose …   English new terms dictionary

• bulldoze — [[t]b ʊldoʊz[/t]] bulldozes, bulldozing, bulldozed 1) VERB If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer. [V P] She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket. 2) VERB If… …   English dictionary

• bulldoze — UK [ˈbʊlˌdəʊz] / US [ˈbʊlˌdoʊz] verb Word forms bulldoze : present tense I/you/we/they bulldoze he/she/it bulldozes present participle bulldozing past tense bulldozed past participle bulldozed 1) [intransitive/transitive] to clear an area by… …   English dictionary

• bulldoze — /ˈbʊldoʊz/ (say booldohz) verb (t) (bulldozed, bulldozing) 1. to use a bulldozer on. 2. to demolish completely (not necessarily using a bulldozer): to bulldoze a whole city block for a new park. 3. to put pressure on; to coerce or intimidate,… …  

• bulldoze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. coerce, bully; frighten. See compulsion, fear. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example: bludgeon, browbeat, bully,… …   English dictionary for students