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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As of Friday afternoon, 608 personnel, four helicopters, 46 fire engines and seven bulldozers had been assigned to fight the fire.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 July 2025
How 432 robots are moving a historic Shanghai building
Instead of using cranes or bulldozers, engineers put 432 small walking robots to work.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
New access roads and bulldozers are visible near crater zones left by U.S. MOP strikes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Already, dozens of trailers are lining the airfield, and trucks were seen going into the site on Tuesday afternoon, bringing in portable restrooms, generators and construction machinery, such as bulldozers, forklifts and cherry pickers.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 July 2025
How 432 robots are moving a historic Shanghai building
Instead of using cranes or bulldozers, engineers put 432 small walking robots to work.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
New access roads and bulldozers are visible near crater zones left by U.S. MOP strikes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Already, dozens of trailers are lining the airfield, and trucks were seen going into the site on Tuesday afternoon, bringing in portable restrooms, generators and construction machinery, such as bulldozers, forklifts and cherry pickers.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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