bulldoze

1 to force one's way bulldozed through the crowd at the arena, urgently trying to find the bathroom Synonyms bore, bull, press, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeezeRelated Words ram, shove, thrust

2 to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares Synonyms blackjack, bogart, browbeat, intimidate, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, mau-mau, strong-armRelated Words bluster, trash-talk; affright, alarm (also alarum), frighten, horrify, scare, shock, spook, startle, terrify; menace, terrorize, threaten; badger, harass, hound; bludgeon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, make, oblige, press, pressure, push around; demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve; discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, upsetNear Antonyms cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe; embolden, encourage, hearten, steel; convince, persuade