bulldoze

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bull·doze [bulldoze bulldozes bulldozed bulldozing] BrE [ˈbʊldəʊz] NAmE [ˈbʊldoʊz] verb
1. transitive ~ sth to destroy buildings, trees, etc. with a ↑bulldozer
•The trees are being bulldozed to make way for a new superstore.
•The makeshift dwellings were bulldozed into the ground.
2. intransitive, transitive to force your way somewhere; to force sth somewhere
•+ adv./prep. Rooney bulldozed through to score.
•~ sth + adv./prep. They bulldozed the tax through Parliament.
•He bulldozed his way to victory.
3. transitive ~ sb (into doing sth) to force sb to do sth
Syn: ↑railroad
•They bulldozed him into selling.
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Word Origin:
late 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘intimidate’): from the animal ↑bull + -doze, alteration of the noun ↑dose.