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Definition of Bulldoze

1. Verb. Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.

Definition of Bulldoze

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

Definition of Bulldoze

1. Verb. To destroy with a bulldozer. ¹

2. Verb. (British) to push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over". ¹

3. Verb. (British) to shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully. ¹

4. Verb. (US slang dated) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bulldoze

1. to bully [v -DOZED, -DOZING, -DOZES] - See also: bully

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulldoze

Literary usage of Bulldoze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See BLUSTERER. bully, vt intimidate, overbear, bounce overbear, bulldoze, ... domineer (contextual), bulldoze. Cross references: see Note. «, в. i. ..."

2. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"But a good many others, eg, to bulldoze, to hornswoggle and to scoot, were genuine inventions, and redolent of the soil. With the new verbs came a great ..."

3. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
""bulldoze" is "to intimidate," and on the next page we have "to bulldoze, to intimidate by violent means." A "filibuster" is a freebooter; ..."

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