BULLDOZE

bulldoze

(verb) flatten with or as if with a bulldozer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bulldoze (third-person singular simple present bulldozes, present participle bulldozing, simple past and past participle bulldozed)

To destroy with a bulldozer.

(UK) To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".

(UK) To push through forcefully.

To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.

(UK) To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.

(US, slang, dated) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.

Source: Wiktionary


Bull"doze`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulldozed; p. pr. & vb.n. Bulldozing.]

Definition: To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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