bulldozer
noun
bull·doz·er
ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər 
also ˈbəl-
1
: one that bulldozes
2
: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth
Examples of bulldozer in a Sentence
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In the central quad, there were new sand dunes shaped by bulldozers.
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Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world’s second biggest flawless diamond, worth £200 million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Near the bulldozer were large mounds of sand, which a video analysis found had been constructed in the days leading up to Abu Al-Ola’s death.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
Medical staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have also alleged that Israeli soldiers used bulldozers to dig up bodies buried in the hospital’s courtyard, after concluding a raid in the hospital.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
The assault on Al-Shifa, one of Israel’s longest hospital raids of the war in Gaza, began last Monday with tanks, bulldozers and airstrikes.
—Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
In fact, listening at 100 decibels for just 15 minutes (about the sound level of a bulldozer) delivers the same hit to your hearing as seven or eight hours at 85 decibels.
—Amy Paturel, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2024
Dozens of bulldozers have dug out fire lines, while aircrafts dumped thousands of gallons of water and flame retardant on the active blazes.
—USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
One of the many devastating moments in No Other Land, a jolting documentary created by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, is a scene of bulldozers demolishing the only school in Masafer Yatta, a rural village in the occupied West Bank.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world’s second biggest flawless diamond, worth £200 million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Near the bulldozer were large mounds of sand, which a video analysis found had been constructed in the days leading up to Abu Al-Ola’s death.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
Medical staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have also alleged that Israeli soldiers used bulldozers to dig up bodies buried in the hospital’s courtyard, after concluding a raid in the hospital.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
The assault on Al-Shifa, one of Israel’s longest hospital raids of the war in Gaza, began last Monday with tanks, bulldozers and airstrikes.
—Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
In fact, listening at 100 decibels for just 15 minutes (about the sound level of a bulldozer) delivers the same hit to your hearing as seven or eight hours at 85 decibels.
—Amy Paturel, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2024
Dozens of bulldozers have dug out fire lines, while aircrafts dumped thousands of gallons of water and flame retardant on the active blazes.
—USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
One of the many devastating moments in No Other Land, a jolting documentary created by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, is a scene of bulldozers demolishing the only school in Masafer Yatta, a rural village in the occupied West Bank.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
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bulldozer
noun
bull·doz·er
ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər
: a piece of earth-moving equipment that rides on tracks and has a broad blade for pushing (as in clearing land of trees)
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