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

Verb

[-dozing, -dozed]

1. to move, demolish, or flatten with a bulldozer

2. Informal to coerce (someone) into doing something by intimidation [origin unknown]

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, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)

verb 2. (Informal) push, force, drive, thrust, shove, propel

verb 3. (Informal) force, bully, intimidate, railroad (informal) cow, hector, coerce, dragoon, browbeat, put the screws on

Translations

bulldoze [ˈbuldəuz] vt → mover con excavadora;

I was bulldozed into doing it (fig col) → me obligaron a hacerlo

bulldoze [ˈbuldəuz] vt → passer or raser au bulldozer;

I was bulldozed into doing it (fig) (inf) → on m'a forcé la main

bulldoze [ˈbuldəuz] vt → mit Bulldozern wegräumen;

(building) → mit Bulldozern abreißen;

I was bulldozed into it (fig) (inf) → ich wurde gezwungen or unter Druck gesetzt, es zu tun

bulldoze [ˈbuldəuz] vt → aprire or spianare col bulldozer;

I was bulldozed into doing it (fig col) → mi ci hanno costretto con la prepotenza