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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Four-and-a-half-year-old Sebastian Sy hopped in and out of an excavator, bulldozer and loader all within a few minutes, accompanied by his father Harold Sy.
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
That included a hotshot crew, two state hand crews, eight fire engines, three water tenders and a bulldozer.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, mountainsides are terraced like gigantic stairs by the harvesting of stone, a ceiling vent sits above a bulldozer at the top of an industrial hill like a halo, and a machine 3-D-prints out shapes with cement as though creating decorations with gray icing for an immense cake.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Fire crews were also using bulldozers on the ground to create containment lines, fire officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 14 July 2025
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Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
That included a hotshot crew, two state hand crews, eight fire engines, three water tenders and a bulldozer.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, mountainsides are terraced like gigantic stairs by the harvesting of stone, a ceiling vent sits above a bulldozer at the top of an industrial hill like a halo, and a machine 3-D-prints out shapes with cement as though creating decorations with gray icing for an immense cake.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Fire crews were also using bulldozers on the ground to create containment lines, fire officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 14 July 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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