Bulldozer
noun
A heavy, large machine used for moving earth or rocks in construction.
The bulldozer was used to clear the land for the new housing development.
Often appears as...
- drive a bulldozer
- use a bulldozer
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Technical
noun
Someone who uses power or authority to make people do things.
He was a real bulldozer in the meeting, not allowing anyone else to voice their opinion.
Often appears as...
- act like a bulldozer
- behavior like a bulldozer
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A heavy, large machine used for moving earth or rocks in construction.
The bulldozer was used to clear the land for the new housing development.
Often appears as...
- drive a bulldozer
- use a bulldozer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone who uses power or authority to make people do things.
He was a real bulldozer in the meeting, not allowing anyone else to voice their opinion.
Often appears as...
- act like a bulldozer
- behavior like a bulldozer
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Context
Used mainly for describing heavy machinery in building or civil engineering.
They brought in a bulldozer to excavate the building's foundation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Power
Conveys the sense of strength and power necessary to move large amounts of earth.
The old tree stump was no match for the strength of the bulldozer.
Pro Tip 3/3Land Clearing
Commonly used for clearing lots of land, removing trees and debris.
A bulldozer is clearing the field to make way for a park.
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Context
Used mainly for describing heavy machinery in building or civil engineering.
They brought in a bulldozer to excavate the building's foundation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Power
Conveys the sense of strength and power necessary to move large amounts of earth.
The old tree stump was no match for the strength of the bulldozer.
Pro Tip 3/3Land Clearing
Commonly used for clearing lots of land, removing trees and debris.
A bulldozer is clearing the field to make way for a park.
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Context
Used mainly for describing heavy machinery in building or civil engineering.
They brought in a bulldozer to excavate the building's foundation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Power
Conveys the sense of strength and power necessary to move large amounts of earth.
The old tree stump was no match for the strength of the bulldozer.
Pro Tip 3/3Land Clearing
Commonly used for clearing lots of land, removing trees and debris.
A bulldozer is clearing the field to make way for a park.
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Video examples
Andrew Blum: What is the...
Then a bulldozer began to pull the cable in from this specialized cable landing ship, and it was floated on these buoys until it was in the right place. Then you can see the English engineers looking on. And then, once it was in the right place, he got back in the water holding a big knife, and he cut each buoy off,
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Will Potter: The...
and today we released a lawsuit challenging it as unconstitutional as a threat to journalism. The first of these ag-gag prosecutions, as they're called, was a young woman named Amy Meyer, and Amy saw a sick cow being moved by a bulldozer outside of a slaughterhouse
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Architecture that's...
and we excavated that hill in half the time and half the cost of that bulldozer. Instead of importing furniture, Bruce started a guild, and he brought in master carpenters to train others in how to make furniture by hand. And on this job site,
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Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
they even keep this cave standing by for the big guy it was near here on a remote logging road in 1958 that a bulldozer driver named Jerry crew found a series of huge footprints and a legend was born
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First Look: The Long...
He kind of represents the violence of action. He's the bulldozer, a guy you don't want to mess with. We're all gonna die. Crying doesn't help. Our first choices said yes on this show for the cast,
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How women wage conflict...
The odds were massively stacked against them. But they had a secret a 15-year-old girl who courageously jumped in front of a bulldozer which was about to uproot an olive tree, stopping it.
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Balancing With Bulldozer...
everything over the rear wheels need to be lifted off the ground but they'd be hard-pressed to find a jack big enough within miles so they'll chance it with the bulldozer
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Grizzly Bear Gets Too...
geez look at that it's like it's playing tiddlywinks with those rocks it's gonna got the finesse of a ballet dancer but with the power of a bulldozer no
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Bulldozer vs. Pickup...
usually a bulldozer just pushes dirt this Komatsu dozer with a unique blade design that tilts can also scoop up dirt
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South Pole Construction...
a bulldozer won't start a cranes not working either routine mishaps that
Video examples
Andrew Blum: What is the...
Then a bulldozer began to pull the cable in from this specialized cable landing ship, and it was floated on these buoys until it was in the right place. Then you can see the English engineers looking on. And then, once it was in the right place, he got back in the water holding a big knife, and he cut each buoy off,
Video examples
Will Potter: The...
and today we released a lawsuit challenging it as unconstitutional as a threat to journalism. The first of these ag-gag prosecutions, as they're called, was a young woman named Amy Meyer, and Amy saw a sick cow being moved by a bulldozer outside of a slaughterhouse
Video examples
Architecture that's...
and we excavated that hill in half the time and half the cost of that bulldozer. Instead of importing furniture, Bruce started a guild, and he brought in master carpenters to train others in how to make furniture by hand. And on this job site,
Video examples
Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
they even keep this cave standing by for the big guy it was near here on a remote logging road in 1958 that a bulldozer driver named Jerry crew found a series of huge footprints and a legend was born
Video examples
First Look: The Long...
He kind of represents the violence of action. He's the bulldozer, a guy you don't want to mess with. We're all gonna die. Crying doesn't help. Our first choices said yes on this show for the cast,
Video examples
How women wage conflict...
The odds were massively stacked against them. But they had a secret a 15-year-old girl who courageously jumped in front of a bulldozer which was about to uproot an olive tree, stopping it.
Video examples
Balancing With Bulldozer...
everything over the rear wheels need to be lifted off the ground but they'd be hard-pressed to find a jack big enough within miles so they'll chance it with the bulldozer
Video examples
Grizzly Bear Gets Too...
geez look at that it's like it's playing tiddlywinks with those rocks it's gonna got the finesse of a ballet dancer but with the power of a bulldozer no
Video examples
Bulldozer vs. Pickup...
usually a bulldozer just pushes dirt this Komatsu dozer with a unique blade design that tilts can also scoop up dirt
Video examples
South Pole Construction...
a bulldozer won't start a cranes not working either routine mishaps that
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Quote examples
Boyd Holbrook
American Model
There was no theater in my high school. I think even our art program was cut - it was so bad. I didn't even know that was a possibility in college or in high school; I hadn't even thought of it. It was pretty negligent. My father has run a bulldozer all of his life, and my mom is in real estate.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn't do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
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Sam Donaldson
American Journalist
My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.
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Jon Pardi
American Musician
Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad.
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Dylan Moran
Irish Comedian
You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film.
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Boyd Holbrook
American Model
There was no theater in my high school. I think even our art program was cut - it was so bad. I didn't even know that was a possibility in college or in high school; I hadn't even thought of it. It was pretty negligent. My father has run a bulldozer all of his life, and my mom is in real estate.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn't do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
Quote examples
Sam Donaldson
American Journalist
My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
Quote examples
Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.
Quote examples
Jon Pardi
American Musician
Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad.
Quote examples
Dylan Moran
Irish Comedian
You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.
Quote examples
Mira Nair
Indian Director
My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film.
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