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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Crowe was hilarious as seemingly amoral enforcer Jackson Healy in Shane Black’s The Nice Guys, a human bulldozer who can crack wise with the best but would rather crack skulls.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Along with the rest of the neighborhood, the house was torn to the ground by a bulldozer.
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But though the Thunder are a bulldozer of a basketball team, the ragtag Warriors — and their grizzled coach — showed that Oklahoma City was capable of being tested.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery and photos add to these testimonies, capturing a standing presence of Israeli bulldozers from late July to early August.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Along with the rest of the neighborhood, the house was torn to the ground by a bulldozer.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
But though the Thunder are a bulldozer of a basketball team, the ragtag Warriors — and their grizzled coach — showed that Oklahoma City was capable of being tested.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery and photos add to these testimonies, capturing a standing presence of Israeli bulldozers from late July to early August.
—Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bulldozer
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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 27 Dec. 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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