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Meaning of bulldozer

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bulldozer

Pronunciation:/ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

  2. One who bulldozes.

  3. (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.

  4. (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

verb

Definitions

  1. To bulldoze (push through forcefully).