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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On Wednesday, witnesses and medics said an Israeli airstrike hit a bulldozer that approached the area of the strike at the European Hospital, wounding several people.
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 15 May 2025
And, when the project has wound down, bikers and walkers and sitters enjoy the view from a new boardwalk, enjoy access to the beach from a new walkway, even as a bulldozer, still on duty, is raking sand along the coastline.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
In August 1973, three children who regularly played atop the East Coast’s tallest active sand dune system spied a bulldozer that hadn’t been there before.
—Amy Brecount White, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Israeli police said officers and emergency workers are still clearing the closed highway, with bulldozers brought in to remove debris.
—Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 4 May 2025
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 15 May 2025
And, when the project has wound down, bikers and walkers and sitters enjoy the view from a new boardwalk, enjoy access to the beach from a new walkway, even as a bulldozer, still on duty, is raking sand along the coastline.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
In August 1973, three children who regularly played atop the East Coast’s tallest active sand dune system spied a bulldozer that hadn’t been there before.
—Amy Brecount White, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Israeli police said officers and emergency workers are still clearing the closed highway, with bulldozers brought in to remove debris.
—Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 4 May 2025
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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 28 May. 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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