bulldoze

Verb

Meaning

To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hector badger dragoon force level pressure press cow hound steamroller rase drive destroy muscle push

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Antonyms

build steel encourage construct fail convince

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Hypernyms

level rase dismantle raze tear down take down

Phrases with the word

bulldoze one's way through

Derivatives

bulldozed bulldozing

Examples

And you wouldn't want to simply bulldoze chunks of Anacostia and slap up luxury towers for upper-class white professionals. Source: Internet

“If my block had caught fire, they were going to let everything go down Long’s Hill and they were going to make a stand down at the bottom, just bulldoze everything to the ground to make a fire stand, to stop the fires.” Source: Internet

Currently, the Housing Department is processing an order to bulldoze the house. Source: Internet

Or does it merely reflect the native skills that Donald Trump has long used to bamboozle investors, bulldoze bankers and bemuse TV viewers? Source: Internet

“There’s quite a few people who will bulldoze the house, or just try and sell and move.” Source: Internet

They actually had to bulldoze down some intact, supposedly safe structures before the fire got there, in order to create a fire break. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bulldoggishly bulldoggy bulldozable bulldoze one's way through bulldozer bulldozer shrub