Synonyms of bulldozed

bulldozed

verb

past tense of bulldoze

1

as in pushed

to force one's way

bulldozed through the crowd at the arena, urgently trying to find the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushed
• squeezed
• shoved
• jammed
• crashed
• pressed
• jostled
• elbowed
• bored
• muscled
• shouldered
• bulled
• rammed
• thrust

2

as in intimidated

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 & Similar Words

• intimidated
• bullied
• frightened
• scared
• cowed
• startled
• coerced
• browbeat
• shocked
• badgered
• threatened
• picked on
• hectored
• harassed
• strong-armed
• bullyragged
• blackjacked
• bogarted
• pressured
• terrorized
• forced
• horrified
• terrified
• spooked
• blustered
• alarmed
• menaced
• hounded
• bludgeoned
• disturbed
• compelled
• constrained
• obliged
• dragooned
• trash-talked
• upset
• pressed
• demoralized
• pushed around
• perturbed
• affrighted
• unnerved
• distressed
• disconcerted
• disquieted
• made
• unmanned
• discomposed
• psyched (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cheered
• comforted
• reassured
• consoled
• soothed
• encouraged
• emboldened
• convinced
• persuaded
• heartened
• steeled
• solaced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bulldozed

It is expected to total 444,400 square feet and an existing building on the property would be bulldozed. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Turner gave me a framework for understanding how a profoundly anti-institutional ethos took hold, one that treated democratic institutions as obstacles to be bulldozed on the way to cyber-utopia. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

In 2020, it was set to be bulldozed, until Mowery begged to give her three months. — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Wepa Up started out hot, but the War Raiders bulldozed Truth and Damian Priest on the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

More than 500 homes and businesses in the historically Black neighborhood of Parramore were taken through eminent domain and bulldozed to build the interstate. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

The track is in bankruptcy proceedings to be sold to either continue as a race track or to be bulldozed in favor of real estate development. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Photos posted online now show a wide path bulldozed right through the middle of it. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026