bulldoze
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bull·doze
(bo͝ol′dōz′)v. bull·dozed, bull·doz·ing, bull·dozes
v.tr.
1. To move, dig out, or demolish with a bulldozer: bulldozed the ground at the construction site; bulldozed a road through the woods; bulldozed the old building.
2. To coerce, intimidate, or bully: "Noah gives way, wounded and resigned; she can always bulldoze him, and always could" (Perri Klass).
3. To do away with; terminate: "A massive bipartisan majority voted ... to bulldoze the social programs of decades in the next 30 days" (Peter Goldman).
v.intr.
1. To operate a bulldozer.
2. To proceed forcefully or insensitively: "intends to bulldoze ahead with plans for extensive reconstruction" (New York Times).
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bulldoze
(ˈbʊlˌdəʊz)vb (tr)
1. to move, demolish, flatten, etc, with a bulldozer
2. informal to force; push: he bulldozed his way through the crowd.
3. informal to intimidate or coerce
[C19: probably from bull1 + dose]
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bull•doze
(ˈbʊlˌdoʊz)v.t. -dozed, -doz•ing.
1. to clear, move, level, or reshape the contours of with or as if with a bulldozer.
2. to coerce; bully.
3. to force in the manner of a bulldozer.
[1875–80, Amer.]
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bulldoze
Past participle: bulldozed
Gerund: bulldozing
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bulldoze
verb
1. demolish, level, destroy, flatten, knock down, tear down, raze She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home.
3. (Informal) force, bully, intimidate, railroad (informal), cow, hector, coerce, dragoon, browbeat, put the screws on My parents tried to bulldoze me into going to college.
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bulldoze
verbTo domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:
Informal: strong-arm.
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Translations
يَسْتَعْمِلُ الجَرّافَه
demolovat/srovnat buldozerem
jævne med jordenrydde
ledózerol
ryîja burt, ÿta
buldozérom vyrovnať
buldozerle düzlemek
bulldoze
[ˈbʊldəʊz] VT2. (fig) [+ opposition] → arrollar
I was bulldozed into doing it → me forzaron a hacerlo
the government bulldozed the bill through parliament → el gobierno hizo presiones para que se aprobara el proyecto de ley en el parlamento
I was bulldozed into doing it → me forzaron a hacerlo
the government bulldozed the bill through parliament → el gobierno hizo presiones para que se aprobara el proyecto de ley en el parlamento
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bulldoze
[ˈbʊldəʊz] vtCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bulldoze
vt
(fig: = force) to bulldoze somebody into doing something → jdn zwingen, etw zu tun, jdn so unter Druck setzen, dass er etc etw tut; to bulldoze a bill through parliament → eine Maßnahme im Parlament durchpeitschen; she bulldozed her way through the crowd → sie boxte sich durch die Menge
they bulldozed the rubble out of the way → sie räumten den Schutt mit Bulldozern weg
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bulldoze
[ˈbʊlˌdəʊz] vt → aprire or spianare col bulldozerI was bulldozed into doing it (fig) → mi ci hanno costretto con la prepotenza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bulldozer
(ˈbuldəuzə) noun a (usually large) tractor for clearing obstacles and levelling ground.
ˈbulldoze verb to use a bulldozer on. They bulldozed the building site.
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