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

That move was largely popular, resonating with fans who did not want to see the club’s home of 133 years bulldozed, but Goodison could do with more investment. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

The dead from Srebrenica were bulldozed into mass graves over four days in July 1995, some of them dug up and relocated to remote mountains so as to hide evidence of the killings. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

An existing industrial and commercial building totaling 96,400 square feet would be bulldozed to clear the way for 13 structures with a series of two-story townhomes, project plans show. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Troops then bulldozed over the bodies and vehicles, burying them in a mass grave. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Hell’s Canyon was bulldozed by the Snake River eroding its path north through the Seven Devil’s Mountains of Idaho and Wallowa Mountains of Oregon. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 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