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
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An image taken on August 19 shows Israeli excavators and bulldozers demolishing buildings in Zeitoun.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Plow it all up with a bulldozer, excavator and backhoe; slightly build up the banks and landscape it with boulders, rocks and gravel, with occasional shallow pools for mosquito fish.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Two hundred personnel are fighting the fire, Cal Fire said, adding that the response includes nine engines, one helicopter and two bulldozers.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Plow it all up with a bulldozer, excavator and backhoe; slightly build up the banks and landscape it with boulders, rocks and gravel, with occasional shallow pools for mosquito fish.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Two hundred personnel are fighting the fire, Cal Fire said, adding that the response includes nine engines, one helicopter and two bulldozers.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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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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