bulldozer

noun

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bull·doz·er | \ ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər

also ˈbəl- \

Definition of bulldozer

1 : one that bulldozes

2 : a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth

Examples of bulldozer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web See all the plastic waste, some flying in the wind, some sticking out of mounds a worker is trying to cover with a bulldozer, some in moats floating around the landfill. — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, "Plastic debris is choking the ocean | Opinion," 18 Mar. 2021 The bulldozer driver turned around, got in his truck, and never came back. — Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, "Napa Before The Grape Vines: Three Snapshots Of The Napa Valley From The 1960s," 26 Feb. 2021 But more often than not what MacGillis finds is Goliath steering a bulldozer over everything in his path. — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Exposing life in the shadows of the United States of Amazon," 10 Mar. 2021 Sewell is a 6-6, 325-pound bulldozer in the run game, routinely displacing players at the first and second levels of the defense with inordinate power at the point of attack. — John Owning, Dallas News, "Film room: 3 potential offensive tackle targets for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2021 NFL draft," 24 Feb. 2021 Officials are still investigating, but the front of an 18-wheeler, along with a bulldozer, could be seen in front of the train on the tracks Monday. — Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, "Pray for families of person killed, those injured, by train, Prichard mayor says," 18 Nov. 2020 Vehicles that look like a cross between a bus and a bulldozer would traverse the frozen tundra in a rectangular grid pattern 200 meters by 400 meters. — Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, "Plan to map oil in Alaska’s Arctic refuge ignores environmental risks, critics say," 21 Dec. 2020 The most agonizing shots in the film might be those of a bulldozer carrying off the small, seemingly inconsequential pile of wood and rugs that was once this family’s home. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, "Acasa, My Home Shows the Poetry and Peril of a Life Off the Grid," 16 Jan. 2021 Over 2½ days, 59 firefighters and 34 state prison inmates joined an improbable rescue, risking their lives to retrieve a bulldozer driver’s body from a ravine. — San Francisco Chronicle, "The best of Chronicle storytelling," 1 Jan. 2021

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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2021.

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bulldozer

noun

English Language Learners Definition of bulldozer

: a powerful and heavy vehicle that has a large curved piece of metal at its front and that is used for moving dirt and rocks and pushing over trees and other structures

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bulldozer

noun

bull·doz·er | \ ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər