bulldozer
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bulldozer
- /ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/ US
- /ˈbʊlˌdəʊzə/ UK
Where it comes from
Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bullier and terrorizer sense; bulldoze + -er. The name for the earthmoving machine came later, figuratively, from that sense.
noun bulldozers
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A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
The bulldozer is a caterpillar tractor on the front of which is mounted a heavy steel blade which can be moved up and down by hydraulic gear. By sheer brute force it can push down trees and hedges, remove obstructions (including light brickwork) and level and consolidate newly-tipped banks.
Similar: dozer
- One who bulldozes.
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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.
Similar: regulator
- A bully; an overbearing individual.
Similar: blade
verb bulldozers · bulldozering · bulldozered
- To bulldoze (demolish with a bulldozer).
- To bulldoze (push through forcefully). They bulldozered through the crowd.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: blade
Translations
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noun tractor
| Español | aplanadora, bulldozer, topadora, niveladora, buldócer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불도저 buldojeo |
| 日本語 | ブルドーザー burudōzā |
| 中文 | 推土機 /推土机 tuītǔjī |
| Kiswahili | buldoza, tingatinga |
| Português | trator (de terraplanagem/terraplenagem), buldózer |
| Français | bulldozer |
| Deutsch | Planierraupe, Bulldozer |
| Italiano | bulldozer, apripista, ruspa, escavatore, escavatrice |
| Ελληνικά | μπουλντόζα boulntóza |
| Română | buldozer |
| Русский | бульдо́зер bulʹdózer |
| Tiếng Việt | xe ủi đất, xe ủi, máy ủi |
| العربية | جَرَّارَة jarrāra, جَرَّافَة jarrāfa, بُولْدُوزَر buldūzar |
| עברית | דַּחְפּוֹר daḥpōr |
Talk about this word "bulldozer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bulldozer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bulldozer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bulldozer "bulldozer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bulldozer.Cite this
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title = {bulldozer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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