bulldoze

bull·doze  (bldz)

v. bull·dozed, bull·doz·ing, bull·dozes

v.tr.

1. To clear, dig up, or move with a bulldozer.

2. To treat in an abusive manner; bully.

3. To coerce in an unsympathetic or cruel way. See Synonyms at intimidate.

4. To do away with; demolish: "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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[Perhaps from alteration of obsolete bulldose, severe beating : bull + dose.]

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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

[probably from bull¹ + dose]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer pull down, rase, raze, dismantle, tear down, level, take down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

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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.

2. push, force, drive, thrust, shove, propel He bulldozed through the Tigers' defence.

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.

Translations

bulldoze [ˈbʊldəʊz] VT

1. (Constr) [+ site] → nivelar(con motoniveladora); [+ building] → arrasar(con motoniveladora)

2. (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

bulldoze [ˈbʊldəʊz] vt

[+ building] → passer au bulldozer, raser au bulldozer

(= force) [+ person]
I was bulldozed into doing it → On m'a forcé à le faire.
I was bulldozed into it → On m'a forcé la main.

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

bulldoze [ˈbʊlˌdəʊz] vt → aprire or spianare col bulldozer
I was bulldozed into doing it (fig) → mi ci hanno costretto con la prepotenza